Two Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo Ogun State dropouts, Don-Chima George and Olusegun Rasak, are now at the Kirikiri Prisons on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman.
Chief Magistrate Olufunke Sule-Amzat remanded George 25, and Rasak, 28, pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She adjourned the case till March 7 for substantive hearing.
The defendants, who live at Lekki, Lagos, were arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, sexual assault and rape.
Prosecuting Inspector Benson Emuerhi told the court that the defendants sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman on February 3 from 5am to 7am at Delankaster Hotels, Lekki Phase 1.
He said the case was reported by the victim at the Maroko Police Division and was later transferred to the Gender Section at police command headquarters, Ikeja.
Emuerhi alleged that the duo lured their victim to the hotel and raped her after drugging her.
He said the offences contravened sections 260, 261 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
He said a case of rape was reported against the duo, who allegedly took a 23-year-old woman to a club and raped her.
Police spokesman Chike Oti also said the duo took their victim to the hotels in Lekki, Phase 1.
He said while parading the men that while at the club, they mixed their victim’s drink with a substance that made her weak and almost unconscious.
“Satisfied that the drug was beginning to take effect on the victim, they quietly left the club with her to Dellankester Hotels in Lekki.
“At the hotel, they took turns to rape her.
“As if that was not enough, they also videoed the abuse.
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“When the victim woke up from the induced sleep, she confronted the suspects who denied having carnal knowledge of her.
“Not satisfied, she called her elder brother, complaining that she had been violated.
“The brother immediately invited policemen from Maroko Division led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Isah Abdulmajid, to the scene.
“On searching the suspects, the DPO recovered their phones and went through their video recordings where he saw a video of the suspects sexually abusing the apparently unconscious victim,” Oti said.
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