A 24-year-old man, Onyeka Nwanfor, has been remanded by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, for the alleged rape of a middle-aged woman and for robbery.
The suspect, identified as Onyeka Nwanfor was taken to court for having carnal knowledge of a 30-year-old woman and robbing Henry Ajayi of eight phones worth N5m using a fake gun.
The defendant is facing four charges bordering on rape and robbery. Magistrate Mrs. E. Kubenje ordered the remand after the police arraigned the defendant.
The prosecutor, ASP Ola Olasiyan, told the court that the defendant committed the offenses on August 20, 2022.
Olasiyan said the defendant used a revolver pistol toy gun to rob Henry Ajayi of eight varieties of phones worth five million naira and also had sexual intercourse with a 30-year-old woman in the Magodo area of the state.
The prosecutor noted that the offences committed are punishable under Sections 299, 297(1), 298(3), and 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The charge read, “That you, Onyeka Nwanfor, and others now at large, on the same date, time and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did rape a woman, 30, and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The Magistrate, Mrs. E. Kubenje, did not take the defendant’s plea.
Kubenje remanded Nwanfor in a correctional facility in the state.
The case was adjourned till March 28, for mention.
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