A 23-year-old lady has accused her former lover
and his friends of sexually abusing her.
The accused person, one Nurudeen, was said to
have stopped her late at night while she was hurrying to a drugstore.
According to her, she decided to pay him some
attention for old times’ sake. She claimed that Nurudeen in the process called
some of his friends on the phone, adding that when the friends came, they all
forcefully had sex with her.
The following day, she made a report to the
police and one of the accused persons was arrested.
The arrested suspect, Akeem, had told the
police in his statement that the rape claim was not true. He said his friend,
Nurudeen, ended his relationship with the lady because of her infidelity.
According to him, she has been bitter since
then. The suspect was, however, arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on
two counts of felony and rape.
The charges read in part, “That you, Akeem, and
three others at large, on the 26 day of June 2014 at about 11.30pm, at Apatira
Street, Lagos Island in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully have
sexual intercourse with one (name withheld) without her consent and thereby
committed an offence contrary to Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State
of Nigeria 2011.”
The Investigating Police Officer said the
medical tests conducted on the lady showed that her private part was forcefully
tampered with. The suspect pleaded not guilty.
He was subsequently granted bail in the sum of
N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum - the matter was adjourned till June
15, 2014.
Source: Punch
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