How 4 Men Gang-R*ped Girl, 7, Inside Ikeja Military Cantonment

MICHAEL AKINOLA

A 7- year old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four men and suffered serious injury in her private part inside the Military Cantonment in Ikeja, Lagos.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on 3rd November, 2021, at about 2pm inside the cantonment.

They were said to have lured the little girl and took turns to defile her before they allowed her to go. Having satisfied themselves, they escaped leaving the victim bleeding profusely from her private part before her parents rushed her to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.

What could have led the suspects to have brutally abused the girl was not disclosed by the Police, who alleged them to have lured the victim into an apartment and abused her.

The matter was reported to the Police and the Commissioner of Police Special Squad, trailed them and eventually arrested one of the perpetrators, Araga Victor, 27.

He was detained at the Command for interrogation where he reportedly confessed and mentioned his accomplices now at large.

During the interrogation by the Police, it was discovered that they were four as revealed by the victim and Victor was culpable.

He was subsequently charged before the Ogba Magistrates Court for conspiracy and defilement.

The defendant risks life imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty before the Court for the alleged dastardly act. 

When he was arraigned, the Court did not take his plea following a motion by the Prosecutor, Mr. Victor Eruada, who asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for advice.

Hence, the Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O.A.Daodu, ordered his remand in Correctional Centre at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice while the matter was adjourned for mention for DPP’s report to be available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.