A thirty-year-old man, Sherif
Afolabi, has been brought before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for having
unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old girl.
It was learnt that Afolabi
defiled the teenager, who was said to be a virgin sometime in December 2013 in
the Ilogbo, Ajangbadi area of Lagos.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the
girl, who had kept mum about the act, became confused when she noticed that she
was pregnant a few months later.
Our correspondent learnt that
Afolabi allegedly aborted the pregnancy when the victim informed him of the
development.
The victim’s parents, it was
gathered, reported the incident at the Ilemba-Hausa Police Division when the
girl became unconscious due to the effect of the drug Afolabi gave her.
The defendant was subsequently
arrested and arraigned before the magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Adelaja, on two counts
bordering on rape and abortion.
The charges read, “That you,
Sherif Afolabi, on December 2013, at the Ilogbo area of Ajangbadi, in the Apapa
Magisterial District, did have unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old
girl (name withheld) and defiled her virginity, and thereby committed an
offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of
Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, sometime in 2014, at
about 10am, at the Ilogbo area of Ajangbadi, in the aforementioned magisterial
district, did unlawfully procure abortion of an unborn child by terminating the
pregnancy of a 16-year-old girl (name witheld), and thereby committed an
offence punishable under Section 234 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of
Nigeria, 2011.”
Afolabi, however, pleaded not
guilty.
He was admitted to bail in the
sum of N200,000 with a surety in like sum.
“The surety must tender to the
prosecutor, evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government and his/her
residential address must be verified,” Ajangbadi added.
The matter was adjourned till
December 1, 2014.
SOURCE: Punch
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