Court remands suspected rapist in prison

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that 20-year old Adeshina, alleged to have raped two teenage girls, should be kept at Kirikiri prison pending the determination of his bail application.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Sergeant Rafeal Donny, had told the court that the accused who lives at Ajasa Road, Meiran, a Lagos suburb, committed the offences on Aug. 25, 2016, in his residence.

Donny said that the accused lured the girls, aged 16 years and 17 years, to his room and raped them.

“The victims were on their way home when the accused called them.

“According to the victims’ testimony, before they knew what was happening, they have been molested sexually,” he said.

According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened Sections 144(1), 258, 262 and 267 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The plea of the accused was not taken, and the magistrate, after ordering that he should be remanded in prison, adjourned the case to Sept. 28 for ruling on the bail application.