MICHAEL AKINOLA
Three suspects, Vincent Omar, Leonard Nwodo and Henry Chiokwe, have been arrested in Lagos State for allegedly forcing a 15-year old girl to suck dick before she was raped and their actions recorded on the phone, which was eventually used to threaten the victim.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the dastardly incident happened at Amuwo Odofin area of FESTAC town, Lagos, where they reside.
According to the Police, while Omar was alleged to have penetrated the mouth of the victim, Nwodo defiled her by penetration and Chiokwe recorded the action, with which they started threatening her that her nude pictures and videos will be posted on the social media.
The victim was said to have been subjected to mental torture. And when she was unable to bear it any longer, she revealed what happened to her grandmother, who promptly reported to the Police at Area E Command, FESTAC Town.
The suspects were then arrested and transferred to the Gender Section of the State Command for interrogation over their alleged conduct.
After rounds of interrogation at the Gender Section, the Police found them culpable and consequently charged them before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence which attracts several years of imprisonment.
The charges read:
That you, Vincent Omar m’ sometime between 2022 and May 2024, at No. 234. Cooperation Estate, Amuwo, FESTAC, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did sexually assault the victim by penetrating her mouth with your penis and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishabis under Section 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos Stete, 2015.”
COUNT II: That you, Leonard Nwodo ‘m, sometimes in May 2024 at No 234 Cooperation Estate. Amuwo FESTAC, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did defile the victim by having unlawful camal knowledge of her and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal laws of Lagos State, 2015.”
COUNT III: That you. Henry Chiokwe ‘m’ on the 19th day of September 2024, at Durbar Estate, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace by threatening to share the victim’s nude picture and video on the intermet and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 168(d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
However, the Court did not take their plea when they were arraigned following a motion moved by the prosecutor, Supol Akeem Raji, asking the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for legal advice.
Thus, the Presiding Magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi, ordered their remand in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP.
The matter was adjourned for mention for the report of the DPP’s advice to be available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.