Four persons have been arraigned
before a magistrate’s court at
Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State for
conspiracy and defilement to be
remanded in Agodi prison custody
till January 27.
The accused’s names were listed as
Emmanuel Abiola (64) a.k.a. Old
Soldier, Mohammed Sanni (35),
Kabiru Mohammed (25), Sakiru
Sokoto (20), Eze Ndubuisi (26),
Mohammed Sefiu (21) and
Mohammed Bashir (20).
In a suit with number
MI/1516C/2013, the accused
persons were said to have
“conspired together to commit
felony to wit defilement, contrary to
and punishable under section 516 of
the criminal code cap 38 vol. 2 laws
of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.”
The second count charge read that
the accused “did have unlawful
carnal knowledge of one (names
withheld) (13) and thereby
committed an offence contrary to
and punishable under section 218 of
the criminal code cap 38 vol. 2 laws
of Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.”
After the charges were read and the
accused confirmed that they
understood the charges, the
Magistrate sitting at Court 4, Mrs.
Kehinde Durosaro-Tijani ordered
their remand at Agodi prisons and
adjourned the case till January 27.
The victim’s guardian, Madam
Sikiratu Akinbode (60), who resides
at Yanbule Basorun, Ashi area, was
said to have reported the case at
Ashi police station and the Divisional
Police Officer, Mr Seyi Williams,
reportedly sent a team of detectives
to the area and the seven suspects
were picked.
It was learnt that the victim, a 13-
year-old Primary 3 pupil, was
brought to her guardian by her
teacher who noticed her dirty
uniform after she suddenly
disappeared from class.
When examined, semen was said to
have been found in the girl’s private
part.
When probed, the girl confessed
that some men had been having
sex with her . She revealed that five
of them who were Hausa used to
give her N20 each . Same went for
Old Soldier and Ndubuisi.
The guardian of the young girl said
that when she was first informed
that her niece had sex with several
men when she was sent to fetch
water, she did not take it serious,
until her teacher brought her home.
However, one of the suspects,
Ndubuisi denied involvement, saying
that he only heard that Old Soldier
used to have sex with the girl, after
which he would give her N20. “I
don’t know why my name was
mentioned, though I wrote in my
statement that I had sex with her
once ,with the belief that I would be
released if I said so,” Ndubuisi said.
Pa Abiola a.k.a. Old Soldier also
denied having sex with the teenager,
saying that she was his
granddaughter’s age. When asked
why the girl pointed at him among
all the men in the area, in addition to
what Ndubuisi said transpired some
days before his arrest, the man said
he could not understand.
The other accused men also denied
the girl’s claim, saying that she was
just mentioning the names of any
man she saw on the day the police
came to the area.
Source:www.spiceng.

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