Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje of the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has detained two men, Sakiru Oladosu, 50, and Tola Rasaq, 40, for defiling and impregnating a 13-year-old girl.
The two suspects, who also took the girl for an illegal abortion when she became pregnant, reside in Mushin, Lagos State.
They were charged with defilement and unauthorized procurement of abortion, which attracts a life sentence and three years in jail, respectively, under Lagos State’s Criminal Law of 2015.
The prosecution counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendants committed the crimes in February at Odusanmi Street in Mushin, Lagos. Oladosu is accused of luring the girl to his home, defiling her, and impregnating her.
According to DSP Ajayi, “The defendant took the girl on April 3, to an undisclosed pharmacy on Ashofin Street, Okareju Mushin area in Lagos.
“Oladosu conspired with Rasaq to pay N4,000 to unlawfully administer an injection to abort the pregnancy.”
Magistrate Kubeinje refused to hear their arguments and ordered that they be held at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the state Director of Public Prosecutions’ advice.
The lawsuit was postponed until July 7, 2022, for further investigation.
