Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje of the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos have remanded two men for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old girl.
The two men are identified as Sakiru Oladosu, 50, and Tola Rasaq, 40, reside in Mushin area of Lagos.
The two suspects were said to have taken the victim for an unlawful abortion after getting her pregnant.
READ ALSO: N19.2b Fraud: Appeal Court Affirms Ex- Finbank MD, Okey Nwosu’s Conviction
They were arraigned on charges of defilement and unlawful procurement of abortion which attract life imprisonment and three years imprisonment respectively under the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Addressing the court, the prosecuting counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi said the defendants committed the offences in February at Odusanmi Street, Mushin, Lagos. Oladosu reportedly lured the teenager to his house, defiled her and impregnated her.
Ajayi said;
“The defendant took the girl on April 3, to an undisclosed pharmacy on Ashofin Street, Okareju Mushin area in Lagos.
“Oladosu conspired with Rasaq to pay N4,000 to unlawfully administer an injection to abort the pregnancy.”
Magistrate Kubeinje did not take their pleas and ordered that they should be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending advice of the state Director of Public Prosecutions.
The case was adjourned till July 7, 2022, for mention.
