Three teenagers, Elijah Adebowale, Suleiman Balogun and Shefiu Adam, were on Thursday charged before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State over the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl. Adebowale (15), Balogun (16) and Adam (14), who all resides at the Iju area of Lagos, are being tried on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl. The prosecutor, Inspector Rita Momah, told the court that the teenagers and three others, now at large, committed the offences on October 5 in an uncompleted building at Olopade Street, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos.
Momah said that the accused conspired to lure the 13-year-old to the building, where the six of them took turns with her. She explained that the accused persons spotted the 13-year-old coming out of a church and sent her to get drinks for them. According to Momah, the accused offered the 13-year-old a bottle of drink that was already spiked and each of them all had carnal knowledge of her.
The prosecution submitted that the offences contravened sections 409 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against them.
The judge, Mr F.A Adeeyo, granted the accused bail in the sum of N300,000 each, with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till December 7 for continuation of hearing.
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