A 30-year-old factory worker, Peter Ekom, has been arrested and arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates'
Court sitting in Lagos State for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.
The
Akwa Ibom State born Ekom who resides at 43, Ariori Street, Mafoluku,
Oshodi, was said to have committed the offence on November 3, after he
followed the girl into the toilet and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
The victim's uncle, Kingsley Eboh,
said the suspect stopped the girl on her way from school on the day of
the incident, forcefully raped her, warning her not to tell her
guardians or he would kill her.
“Before the
day of the incident, he had tried to rape her but was unsuccessful. He
had followed her into the room, gave her N100 and asked her to meet him
in the toilet but she declined. Ekom requested to collect his money back
but she ran away.
On November 3, at
about 2pm., the 11-year-old primary 3 pupil of St. Paul’s Primary
School, Mafoluku, Oshodi, came back from school at about after 1p.m.
She
went to our residence to change her clothes so that she will come to
stay with my wife in the shop. She then came back at about 2pm.,
panting, with her dress rough.
She told
us that when she got home, she went to the public toilet to urinate and
that the accused walked up to her, gripped her, removed her pant, closed
her mouth with his hand and forcefully penetrated. She said he left her
when he heard a voice.”
The suspect was denied bail and ordered to be remanded in prison custody while the case was adjourned to November 13, 2016.
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