Alleged gang-rape: Court denies 2 varsity dropouts bail

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has denied two dropouts of Babcock University, Don-Chima George (25) and Olusegun Rasak (28), bail for allegedly drugging and gang-raping a 24-year-old woman in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos. Justice Abiola Soladoye, while ruling on their bail application, said the applicants had not provided any compelling circumstances […]

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has denied two dropouts of Babcock University, Don-Chima George (25) and Olusegun Rasak (28), bail for allegedly drugging and gang-raping a 24-year-old woman in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos.

Justice Abiola Soladoye, while ruling on their bail application, said the applicants had not provided any compelling circumstances which would warrant them being granted bail.

The case was adjourned to May 15, for trial.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that George and Rasak are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and rape.

They are alleged, by the prosecution, to have committed the offences on February 3, from around 05.00am to 07.00am at Delankaster Hotels, Lekki Phase I, Lagos. The prosecution said the defendants, while at a nightclub, allegedly mixed the complainant’s (name withheld) drink with a substance that rendered her unconscious.

The prosecution alleged that they took the complainant to George’s father’s hotel, where they allegedly took turns to rape her while videotaping the sexual offence.