CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A 7-year old girl has exposed her 46-year old neighbour, Taiwo Ajayi, who had engaged her in sex romp severally after she told his wife that her husband had been sleeping with her.
The little girl told her parents and the man’s wife that her husband had slept with her severally and that she had lost count of the number of times he raped her when his wife was not around.
The incident happened at Ikotun area of Lagos where the suspect, Ajayi, resides with the victim’s parents.
She also revealed that after engaging her in the sex romps, he warned her not to tell anybody about what happened before her parents discovered that he had lost her virginity.
Following the revelation the suspect, Taiwo Ajayi, was arrested and detained by the police at Ikotun Division for interrogation.
P.M.EXPRESS scooped that during interrogation, the suspect denied until the 7-year old victim was brought before him at the police station and she narrated the particular periods he usually came back and raped her when her parents were not around.
The police found Ajayi culpable and charged him before the Ogba Magistrates court for defilement.
The prosecutor, Mr. Christopher John, told the court that it was a case of defilement and hence needed DPP advice.
Thus, the Presiding Magistrate, Mr. Peter Nwaka, denied him bail and did not take his plea.
The court also ordered him to be remanded in prison custody and directed the prosecutor to send his file to DPP for advice.
It was gathered that Ajayi’s offence was felony; if the DPP finds him culpable and he is found guilty, he may be jailed up to 15 years in prison.
The matter was adjourned till 30th November, 2018, for report of DPP to be ready and the matter may be transferred to the High Court over jurisdiction.
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