Two teenage boys, who allegedly raped a 9-year-old
girl, were on Friday remanded at the Lagos State Correctional Centre by an
Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, remanded the
accused at the Correctional Centre for Boys in Isheri, a suburb of Lagos.
Mr. Elias adjourned the case till April 27 for bail
application.
The accused, 15 and 16 years old, are students and
living with their parents in Agege area of Lagos State.
The boys are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy
and defilement.
The Prosecutor, Benedict Aigbokhan, had told the
court that the offences were committed on April 5 at No. 21, James Okiki St.,
Agege, Lagos.
Mr. Aigbokhan said that the accused lured the girl
to the house of one of them under the pretext of helping her with her home
work.
“Thereafter,
the accused defiled the girl,” he said.
The offences, according to the prosecutor,
contravened Sections 137 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
In a separate case, the court also ordered the
remand of a 22-year-old man, Ajayi Michael, for allegedly raping a neighbour’s
4-year-old daughter.
The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, ordered that
the accused be remanded at Kirikiri Prison and adjourned the case till April 20
for the bail application.
The accused, an unemployed who lives at No. 8,
Adeyemi St., Egbeda, a suburb of Lagos is being tried on a count charge of
defilement.
The Prosecutor, Benedict Aigbokhan told the court
that the offence was committed on April 2 at the accused residence.
Mr. Aigbokhan said that the accused called the
victim into his room and raped her.
“The victim
came out of the accused room touching her private part, and when she was asked,
she told the mother it was “uncle that touched me,” Mr. Aigbokhan said.
The offence according to the prosecutor contravened
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
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