An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the remand of one Olukayode Adebayo (37) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti over an alleged rape.
In her ruling, Magistrate Mojisola Salau said, remanding the defendant will allow the Police to complete their investigation while the Prosecutor, Inspector Sadiq Adeniyi will duplicate the case file and send the same to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Legal advice.
According to the charge, Olukayode, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, attached to Ekiti State Command was reasonably suspected to have committed an offence of rape on a (13) thirteen-year-old girl at Peace Avenue, Afro Road, Ado Ekiti on 25th December 2021.
In her statement to the Police, the victim said, on Christmas day, she went to their shop on the instruction of her mother to bring some banana and kola nut, on her way back, the defendant who was on a motorcycle met her on the road, she was asked to mount the motorcycle to assist her home and she agreed.
On their way, she took her to an uncompleted building and have canal knowledge of her and left, her crying attracted the passers-by who took her home, she explained to her mother and later reported the incident at the Police Station.
The offence runs contrary to and is punishable under Section 31 of the Child Right Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The case has been adjourned to 10/02/2022 for mention.
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