A 16-year-old girl has been hospitalized after three
night guards abducted and gang-raped her till day break.
The victim lost her virginity in the process and was
taken to a General Hospital where she is receiving treatment for the injuries
she sustained in her private part.
The incident happened on 20 February, 2016 at Tedi
town in Ojo on the outskirts of Lagos State, western Nigeria, where the victim
lives with her parents and where the suspects were employed as night guards.
Following the dastardly act, the police in Ojo
division arrested two out of the three suspects and charged them before Ojo
Magistrates’ Court with conspiracy and unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim.
The two arrested suspects are Ugo Onuora and Bright
Anaenyewu, while the third suspect is now on the run.
The victim’s ordeal started when she took a ride on
a commercial motorcycle popularly known as Okada while returning to her
parents’ home at about 9 p.m.The suspects who had resumed work on that day
flagged down the motorcycle rider, discharged the rider and ordered the victim
to follow them to where they used as their office.
They forced her to pull off her clothes and warned
her not to scream otherwise they would kill her.The victim obeyed out of fear and they raped her in
turns till early morning when they allowed her to go.
When the victim returned to her house, her parents
and their neighbours who were already searching for her asked her what happened
and she narrated her odeal with blood still streaming from her private part.The matter was reported to the police who took her
to a hospital and went after the suspects.
Onuora and Anaenyewu were eventually arrested and
taken to court on Monday.When they were arraigned, they pleaded not guilty.The presiding Magistrate, Mr A. A. Paul granted the
suspects bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The court also ordered that the sureties must pay
N100,000 into Chief Registrar’s account pending the determination of the case
and evidence of tax payment.
The suspects were remanded in prison custody at
Kirikiri pending when they will perfect their bail.
The matter was adjourned till 26 April, 2016.
PMNewsNigeria
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