Man allegedly rapes neigbour’s 3-year-old daughter
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A 32-year-old man, Tope Thomas,
appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday for allegedly
defiling his neigbhour’s three-year-old girl. The accused, who resides at No.
4, Mafo Close, Off Abeokuta Road, Ogba, a suburb of Lagos, was arraigned on a
two-count charge of defilement and causing the breach of peace.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede,
told the court that the offences were committed on Aug. 28, at the accused
residence. Iseghede said the accused invited the three-year-old girl to the
toilet and raped her.
“The victim’s mother, who heard the
daughter crying, rushed to the scene and met the accused raping the little
girl,’’ the prosecutor said. The offence contravened Sections 137 and 166(d) of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not
guilty to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that
the accused should be remanded in Kirikiri Prison. Elias adjourned the case
till Nov. 11, for the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s legal advice.
[Vanguard]
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