A driver, Samuel Adebayo was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping twin sisters and putting one of them in the family way.
The accused, 30, who resides at Beckley Estate in Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for alleged rape and an attempt to procure an abortion.
Prosecuting Sergeant Raphael Donny told the court that the defendant committed the offences last December in his residence.
Donny said the defendant lived in the same compound with the 17-year-old twin sisters.
“The defendant raped the girls on different occasions and in the process, one of them got pregnant.
“The defendant gave her N20,000 to terminate the pregnancy but instead, she confided in her elder sister, who informed their mother.
“The case was reported at the police station and the defendant was apprehended,” he said.
The offences contravene Sections 147(1) and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Chief Magistrate Davies Abegunde granted him N500,000 bail, with two sureties in the like sum.
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