Two
friends who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in Ijeshatedo area of
Lagos State, were on Thursday arraigned at a Surulere Chief Magistrates'
Court.
The teenage girl who was allegedly r*ped by the two friends (Photo: Premium Times)
26-year-old Sunday David, and 25-year-old Wahab Mayowa, who
allegedly r*ped a 17-year-old girl in the Ijeshatedo area of Lagos
State, were on Thursday docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in
the nation's commercial city.
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the accused persons
whose addresses were not disclosed in court, pleaded not guilty to a
three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful sexual intercourse and
unlawful sexual penetration.
Speaking at the court, the prosecutor, Anthonia Osayande, disclosed
that the accused committed the offences at No. 176, Ijeshatedo Road,
Surulere , between June and October 2016.
She alleged further that David, sometimes in June at the address
stated above, unlawfully tore his victim’s pant and forcefully r*ped her
in her aunt’s shop.
She said David narrated how he raped the girl to his friend,
Mayowa, on October 17 and Mayowa also went to the same shop to
unlawfully have carnal knowledge of the girl, adding that the girl was
always in the shop in most evenings while her sister would have gone
home to make their dinner.
Ms. Osayande, a police sergeant, noted that the offences
contravened Sections 409, 258 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011.
Ruling on the bail application, the chief magistrate, Ipaye
Nwachukwu, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 with two
sureties in like sum.
Mrs. Nwachukwu ordered that one of the sureties must be a blood
relation of the accused and the other a community leader, adding that
they must be property owners in Lagos State and must provide evidence of
tax payments.
Mrs. Nwachukwu, then adjourned the case till December 20 for
receipt of legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.
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