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  • Man jailed for sexual assault

    Man jailed for sexual assault

    A Tinubu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced Olatunji Abejoye, 28, to one year imprisonment with hard labour for beating up a woman who refused him sex.

    Magistrate L.A. Owolabi found Abejoye guilty of the four-count charge of assault preferred against him by the police.

    The convict, who was arraigned on August 14, was alleged to have assaulted one Jumoke Adepoju, who allegedly owed him N300.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Aondohemba Koti told the court that the convict and complainant had known each other for two years and were neighbours in Ibeju-Lekki.

    Led in evidence by the prosecutor, Adepoju said on August 13, at 2pm at Kajola Town, Ibeju-Lekki, Abejoye hit her with plank and injured her after she refused him sex.

    She alleged that Abejoye also beat her up when he saw her with her boyfriend.

    The complainant said Abejoye was arrested after she reported the matter at the Elemoro Police Station.

    But, the convict denied assaulting her over sex, saying the reason for his action was the N300 change she owed him.

    He told the court that he had given her N500 when she requested for N200 loan, adding that he later told her to keep the change, which she refused to give him.

    Abejoye alleged that the victim fell on the plank while he was chasing her.

    Delivering judgement, Magistrate Owolabi said some residents of Ibeju-Lekki, who were brought in as prosecution witnesses, testified that the convict is violent.

    He described the convict as “a violent person”, going by the injuries he inflicted on the victim over money.

     

  • Man, 40, remanded for defiling 4-year-old girl

    A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has ordered the remand in prison of a 40-year-old man, Michael Ekebi, over alleged felony.

    Police Prosecutor, ASP Felix Ifijen, on Tuesday arraigned Ekebi on a one-count charge of rape.

    Ifijen told the court that the accused, of No. 4, Alagba St., Ajegunle Ikorodu, Lagos State, had on Feb. 7 lured a four-year daughter of his neighbour into his room and allegedly had canal knowledge of her.

    The prosecution submitted that the offence contravened Sections 137 and 259 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State 2011.

    The section prescribes that any person found guilty of defiling a minor, being a felony offence, is liable to life imprisonment.

    Ekebi, however, pleaded innocence of the charge, and applied for bail.

    Opposing the bail application, the prosecutor argued that the accused might jump bail.

    In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa refused the bail application and ordered the accused to be reminded in prison custody.

    Aje-Afunwa adjourned the case to March 28. (NAN)

  • Butcher docked for raping customer’s child

    A 20-year-old meat seller, Oye Adeleke, who allegedly raped his customer’s child, on Tuesday appeared before an Abule Egba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

    Adeleke, who lives at 7, Kareem St., Baruwa, Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of child defilement and attempt to escape from police custody.

    The Prosecutor, Insp Rachael Williams, told the court that Adeleke committed the offences on Jan.19 at Tinubu Market, Gowon Estate, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.

    Williams said that the accused defiled the 14-year-old, when she was sent to the market by her mother.

    “The accused told the girl that her mother kept meat in his freezer, and asked her to go and take it.

    “When the girl wanted to open the freezer, the accused used a handkerchief to cover her mouth to prevent her from shouting while he raped her,” Williams said.

    She added that the accused attempted to escape from the police custody when he was arrested.

    She said that the offence contravened Sections 21 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The accused, however pleaded not guilty.

    The Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till March 17 for mention.(NAN)