CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A 13-year-old girl (name withheld) has been rushed to a hospital after she was gang-raped by four teenagers ages between 16 and 18 years who abducted her and forcefully engaged her into sex romp.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the victim fainted during the romp while the suspects abandoned her and fled before the residents rescued her and took her to an undisclosed hospital where she was revived.
The incident happened at Agbole compound in Egan, Igando in the outskirts of Lagos.
It was gathered that the victim lived in the same area where the suspects reside and have been resisting their passes on her overtime.
According to the residents, the suspects then planned and laid ambush and abducted her to a place where they threatened her, forcefully remove her pant and bra and raped her in turns.
P.M.EXPRESS learnt that when the victim could not bear the pressure, she became weak and fainted. The suspects had to fled the scene when the girl fainted.
The matter was reported to the police at Igando Division who moved into action and arrested one of the suspects, while others are said to be at large.
The suspect, Godspower Aderugbe, 17 has since been charged before Ogba Magistrates court with the alleged conspiracy and gang-rape by forceful penetration of the victim one after another. He pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs Abegunde Davis granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in the like sum.
He was ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
The court also directed the prosecutor, Inspector Danny Raphael to duplicate his file and send it to the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.