Man, 25, In Trouble For Keeping Girl,15, In Hotel For S*x

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the defendant, Oni, has been remanded in prison custody for the alleged abduction and  statutory rape by the Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti.

The prosecutor, Inspector Raymond Osas, told the Court that the defendant  committed the alleged offence from 13th January to 10th May, 2024, within Ado Ekiti Magisterial District and the alleged offences contravened Sections 276 and 265(2) of the Criminal Law 2021.

The victim in a statement to the Police, stated that she was invited by the defendant from Ado Ekiti to Ibadan, Oyo State and they initially lodged in a guest house in Ibadan and later in Lagos between January and May, 2024.

She said, “When I could not cope with the situation anymore because he was having sexual intercourse with me every day from January to May, I gave my parents’ phone number to somebody to help me call my parents. They later came to Lagos to arrest the defendant and brought me back to Ado Ekiti”.

Inspector Osas informed the Court that he had sent the duplicate case file to the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

The Prosecutor urged the Court to remand the defendant at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, pending the issuance of the legal advice.

The Court did not take the defendant’plea although the charge was read and explained to him.

The Presiding Magistrate, Olu Bamidele, in his ruling, ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for 30 days pending issuance of legal advice by the DPP.

The Magistrate adjourned the matter till 20th June, 2024, for mention for the report of DPP’s advice to be provided, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.