Two persons have been brought before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos over an alleged abduction and Rap£ of a teenage girl.
The suspects identified as 19-year-old Jamiu Yusuf and Rilwan Oduntan, were said to have asked the girl for direction in the neighbourhood on May 12 at about 8pm who was in front of her residence on Onigide Street, Ijora Badia area of Lagos. While leading them to the said location, the suspect overpowered her and took her away to their residence where they allegedly took turns to Rap£ her.
The victim was said to have confided in her mother, who later reported the case at the Ijora Badia Police Division, leading to the arrest of both suspects.
Narrating her ordeal, the victim said she was overpowered by the suspect who forcefully had canal knowledge of her.
She said, “I was in front of my house, when they came to meet me and ask for direction to a street. I offered to help them, not knowing that they had plans to abduct and Rap£ me. When we got halfway to the street, they suddenly grabbed my hands and forcefully took me to their house. They locked me up in the room and took turns to Rap£ me.”
Both suspects were however arraigned before a chief magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, on two counts charge of abduction and Rap£.
While testifying in court, the police prosecutor, ASP Olusoji Ojaokomo, said both suspects were found guilty of the crime following investigation that was carried out.
He affirmed, “The accused conspired to abduct the girl and forcefully had carnal knowlegde of her without her consent.”
The charges read, “That you, Jamiu Yusuf and Rilwan Odutan, on May 12, 2015, at about 8pm on Onigide Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did have S£xual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did abduct the girl and have S£xual intercourse with her, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 267 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The duo however pleaded not guilty to the offences, alleging that the young girl consented to the act.
Adekomaya consequently granted the accused bail in the sum of N30, 000 with one surety in like sum, adding that the case file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
The magistrate also ordered that the suspects should be remanded in prison custody, pending when their bail conditions are met.
Adekomaya adjourned the case till June 18, 2015.
