Four
men have been arraigned before Magistrate Demi Ajayi of Ikeja Magistarte’s
Court, Lagos, for allegedly harassing a prostitute, Jennifer Uche.
Uche told
the court that on the date, she met one of the suspects in a club. He solicited
for sex with her for N5,000 per night.
However,
when Uche got to the defendant’s place at Abubakar Street, about six other
males came out of hiding and forcibly had sex with her.
She said
she lost consciousness after the ordeal and when she regained consciousness,
the suspects paid her N800.
Uche said
she subsequently “walked unsteadily to the nearest police station” and reported
the incident.
The
two-count read, “That you, Solomon Obaniro, 28; Adebayo Fagbemi, 25; Soliu
Obalowu, 27; and Oluwatosin Akomolafe, 22, and others at large on the 13th
April, 2013, at about 3:00 am at No. 28, Sule Abubakar Street, Opebi, Ikeja did
sexually harass one Jennifer Uche, aged about 27 years; and thereby committed
an offence punishable under section 262 of Lagos Criminal Law of Lagos State.”
The
suspects were also charged for conspiring among themselves “to commit felony to
wit: sexual harassment, and thereby committed an offence punishable under
section 409 of Criminal Law of Lagos State.”
They,
however, pleaded not guilty.
Police
prosecutor, Barth Nwaokoye, argued that the suspects be remanded in custody.
Ajayi,
however, set bail at N300,000 each with two sureties in like sum. The case was
adjourned till June 17, 2013.
Source: Punch Nigeria
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