Benue state Police Command yesterday arraigned a 19-year-old teenager in a Makurdi Upper Area Court II for alleged criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.

The police prosecutor, Insp. Veronica Shagee, told the court that the case was transferred from Obi Division Police Station to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) through a letter on Dec. 27, 2018.

She said the accused, one Emmanuel Okpere, of Ohuma, Obi local government, conspired with Abati Idoko, Johnson Odeh, Ogati Akpo and Dennis Onah now at large and beat up Peter Agadaph, 19, to death on Dec 25, 2018.

She claimed that the accused beat the victim with his fist, which resulted to Agadaph’s death.

The prosecutor added that   Okpere confessed to the crime during police probing.

However, when the case came up for mention no plea was taken for want of jurisdiction.

The magistrate, Mrs Rose Iyorshe, remanded the accused at Makurdi Medium Prison and adjourned the case to until Feb. 4 for further mention.