Court Sends 25-Year-Old Man To Kirikiri Prison For Raping Teenager

Court Remands Man For Raping Teenager

A 25-year-old man, Taiwo Shittu, has been remanded by an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly raping a teenager.

The bail application of the accused was rejected by the chief magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, who ordered that he should be remanded in prison.

The accused, who works in a factory, is a resident of Tokosi Street in Orile Agege area of Lagos State.

According to the prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, the accused committed the offence on July 21 within his Tokosi Street’s residence.

He said the accused told his 16-year-old neighbour’s daughter into his room and raped her.

“The accused shut the door at the girl, covered her mouth so that nobody would hear her screaming and raped her.

“Thereafter, the accused opened the door for her and the girl cried to her mother, who reported the case to the police station,” the prosecutor said.

He said that the offence contravened Section 269 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

Osunsanmi adjourned the case until Sept. 21 for the receipt of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs).