How Five Men Raped Me & Gave Me N20 Each Afterwards

A magistrate’s
court at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered seven
accused persons arraigned before it for conspiracy and
defilement to be remanded in Agodi prison custody till
January 27.

The accused’s names were listed as Emmanuel Abiola (64)
a.k.a. Old Soldier, Mohammed Sanni (35), Kabiru Mohammed
(25), Sakiru Sokoto (20), Eze Ndubuisi (26), Mohammed Sefiu
(21) and Mohammed Bashir (20).
In a suit with number MI/1516C/2013, the accused persons
were said to have “conspired together to commit felony to
wit defilement, contrary to and punishable under section
516 of the criminal code cap 38 vol. 2 laws of Oyo State of
Nigeria 2000.”
The second count charge read that the accused “did have
unlawful carnal knowledge of one (names withheld) (13) and
thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable
under section 218 of the criminal code cap 38 vol. 2 laws of
Oyo State of Nigeria 2000.”
After the charges were read and the accused confirmed that
they understood the charges, the Magistrate sitting at
Court 4, Mrs. Kehinde Durosaro-Tijani ordered their remand
at Agodi prisons and adjourned the case till January 27.
The victim’s guardian, Madam Sikiratu Akinbode (60), who
resides at Yanbule Basorun, Ashi area, was said to have
reported the case at Ashi police station and the Divisional
Police Officer, Mr Seyi Williams, reportedly sent a team of
detectives to the area and the seven suspects were picked.
Crime Reports learnt that the victim, a 13-year-old Primary 3
pupil, was brought to her guardian by her teacher who
noticed her dirty uniform after she suddenly disappeared
from class.
When examined, semen was said to have been found in the
girl’s private part.
When probed, the girl confessed that some men had been
having sex with her. She revealed that five of them who were
Hausa used to give her N20 each. Same went for Old Soldier
and Ndubuisi.
The guardian, who spoke with Crime Reports said that when
she was first informed that her niece had sex with several
men when she was sent to fetch water, she did not take it
serious, until her teacher brought her home.
One of the suspects, Ndubuisi however denied involvement,
saying that he only heard that Old Soldier used to made love
with the girl, after which he would give her N20. “I don’t
know why my name was mentioned, though I wrote in my
statement that I had sex with her once ,with the belief that I
would be released if I said so,” Ndubuisi said.
Pa Abiola a.k.a. Old Soldier also denied having sex with the
teenager, saying that she was his granddaughter’s age.
When asked why the girl pointed at him among all the men
in the area, in addition to what Ndubuisi said transpired
some days before his arrest, the man said he could not
understand.
Others also denied the girl’s claim, saying that she was just
mentioning the names of any man she saw on the day the
police came to the area.