The News Agency of Nigeria reports
that the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, remanded the accused in the
Kirikiri Prison and adjourned the case till November 28, 2015, for ruling on
bail application.
The accused, who lives on Kilani
Street, Papa Ashafa, Agege, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of rape.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Jimah
Iseghede, told the court that the offence was committed on November 21, 2015,
at the accused’s residence.
The prosecutor explained to the
court that the accused invited the girl to his house for something and raped
her.
“The girl is presently on
admission at one of the general hospitals as a result of the injury she
sustained,” he said.
The offence, according to the
prosecutor, contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to
the charge.
SOURCE: Punch
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