Lagos Court Remands Father And Friend Over Rape Conspiracy Against 12-year-old daughter

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday, September 19, ordered that a father, Michael Abraham, who, along with his friend, Sylvester Dike, raped his 12-year-old daughter be remanded in a correctional facility.

The police charged Abraham, father to the minor and Dike, 35, with three counts of conspiracy, unlawful sexual assault and defilement.

Both defendants, however, pleaded not guilty.

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The Prosecutor, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione, told the court that the defendants committed the offence between December 2018 and September 9, at No. 13, Godmon Street, Okota.

He alleged that Abraham raped his daughter and also invited his friend Dike to take part.

Uwadione said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 137 and 263(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Adedayo, remanded the defendants at the Nigerian Correctional Service in Ikoyi pending when the matter would be filed at the Sexual and Special Offences Court, Ikeja.

She adjourned the case till October 9.

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