A two-year-old toddler, Precious (pseudonym) has been r*ped by one Azeez Ganiyu, after she was abducted from her residence on Giwa Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos State.
The incident happened on April 16 at about 10am after the victim’s mother left her in a room with a neighbour to buy food at a nearby shop.
According to PUNCH Metro, 16-year-old Ganiyu abducted the girl when she walked outside to play with other children. He reportedly took her to an uncompleted building, said to be a few kilometers away from the victim parents’ house, and defiled her.
Precious’ mother and neighbours were thrown into confusion when they did not see the girl in the surroundings. After minutes of fruitless search, it was learnt that the mother suddenly heard a baby screaming and traced the voice to the uncompleted building, where she allegedly met Ganiyu committing the crime.
Precious was taken to a hospital where it was medically confirmed that she had been r*ped. And the suspect, who also resides in the community, was later arrested by the police at the Ijora Badia Police Division.
The police subsequently arraigned Ganiyu before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court on one count of rape. The charge read:
“That you, Azeez Abdulganiyu (16), on April 16, 2015, at about 10am on Giwa Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos in the Apapa Magisterial District, did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of a two-year-old girl.”
The police prosecutor, Inspector Olusoji Ojaokomo, told the court that the offence contravened provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty before the presiding magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya.
The magistrate ordered that the defendant’s case file be transferred to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. And adjourned till May 5, 2015.
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