Man 30, rapes, impregnants 12 year old
For allegedly raping
and putting a 12-year-old girl in the family way, Segun Posu, 30, was on
Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused, a brick
layer, who resides at the Ikoga area of Badagry, in Lagos State is being tried
for rape.
The prosecutor, Insp.
Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offence was committed sometime October
2016 at the residence of the accused.
Ogu said that the
accused and the victim lived beside each other’s house.
He said, “Any time the
victim was sent on an errand, the accused would call her to his house, lure her
to his room and rape her.
“According to the
victim, she said that the accused had raped her on five different occasions.”
Ogu also told the court
that the victim’s guardian got to know when she missed her monthly flow.
He said, “The victim
told her guardian that it was the accused that had been raping her.”
Ogu said that the
victim was confirmed pregnant at the hospital.
He told the court that
the case was brought to the Welfare Centre in Ikeja and was referred to the
court.
The offence violates
Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however,
pleaded not guilty to the two-count preferred against him.
The Chief Magistrate,
Mrs Taiwo Akanni, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two
sureties in like sum.
Akanni adjourned the
case to March 8, for mention.
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