The 29-year-old man accused of kidnapping and murdering his five-year-old stepson, Wilfred Dantani Eiseb, has pleaded not guilty in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court today.

Riddick |Narib, who was arrested over the weekend in connection with the death of Eiseb, remains in police custody.

A passerby allegedly discovered Eiseb's body half buried in a sand dune on the outskirts of Narraville and notified the police.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Eiseb was allegedly taken by his stepfather from a tuck shop in Johanna Benson Street, Tutaleni.

His mother received a message from an unknown number telling her to pick up her child's body from the dunes near the "Welcome to Walvis Bay" road sign.

The suspect is married to the victim's mother, but they do not stay together.

|Narib is expected to make his second court appearance on March 22 of this year.