GANG RAPE | POLICE ARRAIGN THREE | FOR RAPING A LADY | WHILE SHE WAS RETURNING FROM WORK AT NIGHT | AT KETU, LAGOS

The police on Wednesday [Aug 29] arraigned three persons: Andrew Adeyan, 20,  Tosin Samuel, 22 and Ibrahim Azeez, 23 before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly gang-raping a 21-year-old lady.

It was alleged that the three accused persons raped the victim, Moyidyat Kamorudeen, while she was returning from work at night. The police said the incident happened at about 8:45pm on August 21 at the Ketu area of the metropolis.

They were charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit felony and rape.

The charge sheet read:

“That you Adeyan, Samuel and Azeez and others now at large within the Ikeja Magisterial District did conspire together to commit felony”.

“That you Adeyan, Samuel and Azeez did forcefully had carnal knowledge of Moyidyat Kamorudeen without her consent”.

The offences were punishable under sections 409 and 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011. When their plea was taken, Samuel and Azeez pleaded not guilty to the two charges.

However, Adeyan admitted to conspiring to commit the offence but pleaded not guilty to raping the victim.

Counsel to Samuel and Azeez, Mr. F.A. Izegaegb, made an oral application for their bail on liberal terms. But Police Prosecutor, Barth Nwaokonye, who did not object the bail application, urged the court to grant it on stringent terms.

He said, “I urge the court to grant the three defendants bail on stringent conditions so as to ensure that they present themselves in court during tria”.

Magistrate E.O. Ogunkanmi admitted them to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties each in like sum.

He added that the sureties who must be blood relations should furnish the court with evidence of tax payment to the state government as well as verifiable addresses.

The case has been adjourned till October 8 for trial.