Police in Lagos has arrested a 41-year-old man, Adeniyi
Adewale, aka Baba Adura, for
allegedly raping his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter inside a toilet at
their Amuwo Odofin, Festac Town
residence.
The report
of medical tests carried out on the minor at the Mirabel Centre, Ikeja, Lagos
State University, indicated that she had bruises in her private parts while her
hymen was ruptured.
According to the girl, she was in the toilet when Baba Adura barged in on March
16, loosened his belt and raped her, Punch reports.
In her report to the police, she said, "I just came back
from the school on that day and went to the toilet. Baba Adura entered the toilet,
removed his belt and raped me. When my sister came back, I told her what Baba Adura did to me."
The victim’s mother, Kehinde, said the incident was reported
to the chairman of the residents’ association in the area, adding that her
daughter stood her ground before Baba
Adura when he was invited by the chairman.
She said, "I went to plait my hair on that day. I came back
around 8pm and my younger sister, who lives with us, told me what my daughter
confided in her. I informed my husband on the telephone and he told me to
report to the chairman.
"The chairman invited Baba Adura and my daughter told the chairman the
same thing. But Baba Adura denied
it. The matter was later reported at the Festac Police Station and Baba Adura was apprehended.
In his statement to the police, Baba Adura, denied committing the crime. He said, "I only helped
her to wash her spoon after it fell while she was eating. In the evening, I was
surprised when the girl said I raped her. I did not do anything to her. I am
married with three children. I only assisted to wash her buttocks last year
when her mother was not around."
A police prosecutor, Sergeant Francisca Okere, subsequently
brought Baba Adura before
an Apapa Magistrate’s Court on one count of rape.
The charge read, "That you, Adeniyi Adewale (41), on March
16, 2016, at about 2pm, at Flat 4, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, at Apapa Magisterial
District, did unlawfully have sexual intercourse with a four-year-old girl,
thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos, 2011."
The accused pleaded not guilty and elected summary trial.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Adegbite, admitted him
to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum. The matter was
adjourned till June 9, 2016.
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