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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded four boys, three of
them teenagers, in prison custody for alleged gang-rape of their
14-year-old neighbour.
The accused persons – Femi Olatunji (18), Rasheed
Oyekanmi (18), Habeeb Oladele (18) and John Alade (20) – are facing a
three-count charge of conspiracy, child defilement and rape.
Although they all pleaded not guilty to the charges, the magistrate,
Mrs. Bola Osunsanmi, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison
following their confessions during arraignment.
The magistrate,
according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), ordered that the matter
be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and adjourned
the case till April 7 for trial. Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector
Simon Imhonwa, had told the court that the accused committed the
offences on January 11 at their No. 16, Ige Avenue, Bariga, Lagos State
residence. Imhonwa said the first accused lured their victim into his
room where she was gang-raped.
He said: “As soon as she entered the room, the first accused
overpowered her, tied her hands and began having sexual intercourse with
her. “The second, third and fourth accused persons, also came into the
room and took turns in raping the minor.” The prosecutor said that the
offences contravened sections 135, 137 and 409 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State 2011.
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