…remands 3 men for abducting, raping teenager

An Ikeja magistrate court on Tuesday ordered that three men accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl for four days be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs). When the case was mentioned, Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi refused to take the pleas of the defendants because her […]

An Ikeja magistrate court on Tuesday ordered that three men accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl for four days be remanded in prison, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs).

When the case was mentioned, Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi refused to take the pleas of the defendants because her court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the matter. She adjourned the case until April 8.

The police accused Emmanuel Abdon, 24, a driver; Victor Talofari, 22, student and Leonard Justice, 22, a stylist, all residents of Ikeja, Lagos, of conspiracy, abduction and defilement.

The police prosecutor, Insp. Rachael Donny, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Jan. 30 at the Army Cantonment, Ikeja. He said the defendants abducted the girl from the custody of her guardian, lodged her in their house and rapped her for four days.

Donny said the girl was abducted when she was sent on errand to Mammy market to buy pepper. (NAN)