On Wednesday, an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, remanded a teenager, Tosin Oloyede, over rape of a five-year-old girl during election day.
Mrs. B. O. Osusanmi, Magistrate, remanded the accused in the Special Correctional Institution for Boys in Oregun seeking legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
According to the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Akeem Raji, the teenager raped the minor on February 25, 2023, and the 16-year-old suspect reportedly violated his neighbor’s daughter about 2 p.m. in the state’s Ikorodu district.
“Oloyede defiled the victim by having sexual intercourse with her,” Raji said.
According to the prosecutor, the offense committed violated Section 27 and is punishable under Section 210 (8) of the Lagos State Child Rights Law of 2015.
The defendant did not enter a plea since he was brought to court on a remand application.
When the case was called in court on Wednesday, the victim burst into tears as soon as she saw the person who had raped her.
Inspector Esther Igbineweka, the investigative police officer, informed Magistrate Osusanmi that the suspect gave a confessional statement at the Igbogbo Police Station when the parents reported the incident, and he later made a confessional statement at the police headquarters in Ikeja.
Igbineweka said, “The defendant confessed to us that he had carnal knowledge with the victim.”
However, the suspect simply acknowledged to touching the girl in open court.
Abdulkareem Jagun, a lawyer, announced the complainant’s attendance, and a lawyer also represented the defendant.
The victim’s father said that on the day of the event, he and his wife went out to vote since it was election day.
He said, “We went to cast our vote on election day and when we returned, my son said he was playing football outside when the boy raped his sister.
“While he was playing the ball outside, he said he discovered that he didn’t see his sister and went in search of her. He told us that he caught the boy who is my neighbour’s son when he got inside the house.
“My son also told us that the parents of the boy begged him not to tell us when we returned but my son said how will he not tell us about such a thing that happened to his sister.”
The case was adjourned till April 12, 2023, for the DPP’s legal advice.
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