Four
persons, including a cripple have been remanded in prison custody by an
Oredo Chief Magistrate’s Court, Edo State, for allegedly gang-raping a
22-year-old girl.
The accused, Saturday Enabulele (28);
Moses Okoeki (18); Osasumwen Enina (17) and Junior Odubu (20) allegedly
gang-raped a woman (name withheld), beating and tearing her clothes,
while filming the whole incident with a camera phone.
The offence was allegedly committed on April 13, at No. 9, Akugbe Street, Siluko Road, Benin.
Apart from recording the victim’s nudity
and showing it to others, the prosecutor further alleged that the
accused persons and others now at large, collected the victim’s mobile
phone and a wallet containing the sum of N10,000.
The accused persons, who pleaded not
guilty to the 12 counts brought against them, were remanded in prison
custody by the Chief Magistrate, Peter Edo Asemota. He subsequently
adjourned the case till May 7.
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