A heartless man of 32-years has brutally raped a 6-year-old girl after her father and mother left her in the house to attend a night vigil.
A 32-year-old gardener, Abeng Oji, has brutally raped his boss' 6-year-old daughter, Temitope (not real name) inside a bathroom. The man has been arrested by the police in Lagos state for the abominable act. The incident took place on January 30, 2016.
According to reports, Oji lived with the victim’s family in Ologolo Community in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos and worked as their gardener before the ugly incident.
Trouble started after the parents of the little girl went to church for night vigil leaving the girl and Oji at home.
It was gathered that around 6am when the parents of the girl were still in the church, Oji entered the girl's room and pretended to charge his mobile phone. Then, he initiated a conversation with the girl, in the process Oji began making sexual advances towards her which she resisted.
According to Punch, the suspect overpowered her and dragged her into a bathroom in the apartment, where he allegedly had sex with her.
He was said to have warned her against revealing the act to the parents, threatening that she would face dire consequences if she did.
The bubble burst after the parents came back. Temitope reportedly yelled and complained of pains as her mother touched her private parts while she was bathing her. At first, she refused to reveal the information until her mom insisted. That was when she told the mother all that happened.
The case was reported at the Ilasan Police Division, leading to Oji’s arrest. He was subsequently arraigned on one count of rape on Wednesday before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court by a police prosecutor, Inspector Azu Feddy.
The charge read, “That you, Abeng Oji, on January 30, 2016, at about 6am at Ologolo Community, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area, within Lagos Magisterial District, did have an unlawful carnal knowledge of one (name witheld) aged six, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge before the presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Ogunbowale, and was admitted to bail in the sum of N5m with two sureties in like sum.
Ogunbowale also requested the sureties to present a certificate of occupancy, evidence of tax payments made to Lagos State and their residential addresses to the court for verification.
Adjourning till April 13, 2016, the magistrate instructed that the case file should be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice while the defendant be kept in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail.
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