Nigeria, April 9 -- A Benue State Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday remanded the wife of a suspended lecturer in the state, Andrew Ogbuja, in prison for alleged child abuse.

Mr Ogbuja's wife, Felicia, will be in prison until she meets her bail bond.

She was arraigned on a two-count charge for allegedly failing to protect 13-year-old Ochanya Ogbanje who died following complications from sexual abuses while she was living as a ward, with the Ogbujas.

Mrs Ogbuja was brought before the court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

She pleaded not guilty to the charges against her.

After taking her plea, the lawyers on both sides argued the request for Mrs Ogbuja's bail.

But the court in...