For allegedly raping a teenager, an unemployed man, Quadri Giwa, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The accused, who resides at Tele Odunloye St., Ikorodu, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for rape.
The prosecutor, Insp. Simeon Inuoha, told the court that the offence was committed at the residence of the accused.
Inuoha said the accused raped a 15-year-old girl, whose mother sent on an errand to his compound.
“The victim’s mother had sent her on an errand to the compound of the accused, who called the girl inside and raped her,’’ he said.
The offence contravened section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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