Tailor arraigned for raping minor

An Ikeja Magistrates Court, yesterday remanded a 20-yearold tailor, Daniel Omoarebun, at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly raping a 15-year-old.
The Magistrate, B.O Osunsanmi, who refused to take the plea of the accused, said that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Mr Omoarebun, a resident of Okokomaiko, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for defilement.
The accused committed the offence on June 7, 2018, at his residence, according to the prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde.
He said that the accused held the girl hostage for four days and was having sexual intercourse with her.
“Her parents traced her to the accused’s house after they got a tip-off that she was there.
“They reported the case to the police, and the accused was arrested for questioning,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, medical reports showed that there was penetration into the girl’s private part.
The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Section prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.
The case was adjourned until July 16 for mention. In a separate case in the same court, a 35-year-old bus conductor, Chidi Opara, who allegedly raped a five-year-old minor was on Monday in Lagos remanded at Kirikiri Prisons by the court.
Refusing to take the plea of the accused, Mrs Osunsanmi said he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Mr Opara, who resides at Iyana- Iba, Lagos, is being tried for defilement.
The Police Prosecutor, Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 10 at Iba area of Lagos.
He said that the accused unlawfully had carnal knowledge of the juvenile. “The accused visited the brother of the girl in his absence.
He called the girl into her brother’s room, removed her pant and had sexual intercourse with her,” the prosecutor said.
Mr Ayorinde said that the mother of girl noticed the way her daughter was walking and she questioned her. “When the girl entered her mother’s room, she discovered that her daughter was not walking properly and also noticed blood and sperm gushing out of her private parts.
“The girl told her mother what the accused did to her, her mother raised alarm, on hearing the voice of the girl’s mother, the accused ran out of the room.
“The mother ran after him shouting, people on the street gave the accused a hot chase and he was apprehended and handed over to the police,” the prosecutor said.
The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the section prescribes life jail imprisonment for defilement.
The case was adjourned until July 17, for mention.