A 27-year-old staff of Cool FM radio station, Lagos,
Otun Segun, on Thursday, appeared before an Ogudu
Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a
22-year-old woman.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ihiehie Lucky told the court
that on November 24, the 22-year-old
complainant, name and address withheld, who
had just completed her National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC programme, came with a written
petition to the command against the defendant,
her former school mate.
Lucky added that on November 26, the Area F
Police command in Ikeja transferred a case of
rape and assault to Area H Police Command,
Ogudu.
The prosecutor said, “According to the
complainant’s statement to the police, she had
met the defendant sometime in January and he
asked her for friendship.
“She said that after much pressure from the
defendant, they started dating online before she
later broke up with him.
“On November 23, she went with her friends to
Magodo in the Shangisha area.
“Coincidentally, the defendant sighted her and he
came to her and her friends and excused her for a
discussion which the complainant obliged to
based on the fact that they were former school
mates and had not been in touch for a while,”
Lucky added.
“They both got to the defendant’s house which
was in the same area. On arrival, the complainant
waited in his sitting room, while the defendant
went to have his bath and came out with only a
towel.
“He then asked the complainant why she had
broken up with him and she replied that she had
found out that he was dating her sister.
“He then replied that it wasn’t true that they were
only friends and went into his room only to come
out with a cutlass.
“The defendant then threatened the complainant,
saying that if she refused him to have sex with
her, he would injure her.
The prosecutor noted that the defendant
assaulted the complainant by dragging her by her
trouser, carried her to his room, forcefully tore her
zip after struggling with her and pushed her to
the bed and had sex with her without her consent.
“When he was done with her, the complainant
was in tears while the defendant pleaded for
forgiveness for his actions.
The prosecutor stressed that the offenses
contravened sections 258, 170 and 56 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 258
stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
Meanwhile, the defendant, residing at No 8,
Ogunaike St, Shangisha, Ketu, who is facing a
three-count charge of rape, assault and
threatening, pleaded not guilty after the charges
were read to him.
The Magistrate, Mrs. O Sule Amzat, slammed a
bail of N200, 000 on the defendant, ordering that
the bail be accompanied with two sureties in like
sum whose addresses were to be verified by the
court.
Amzat, however, adjourned the matter to January
27, 2016 for further hearing.
Otun Segun, on Thursday, appeared before an Ogudu
Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a
22-year-old woman.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Ihiehie Lucky told the court
that on November 24, the 22-year-old
complainant, name and address withheld, who
had just completed her National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC programme, came with a written
petition to the command against the defendant,
her former school mate.
Lucky added that on November 26, the Area F
Police command in Ikeja transferred a case of
rape and assault to Area H Police Command,
Ogudu.
The prosecutor said, “According to the
complainant’s statement to the police, she had
met the defendant sometime in January and he
asked her for friendship.
“She said that after much pressure from the
defendant, they started dating online before she
later broke up with him.
“On November 23, she went with her friends to
Magodo in the Shangisha area.
“Coincidentally, the defendant sighted her and he
came to her and her friends and excused her for a
discussion which the complainant obliged to
based on the fact that they were former school
mates and had not been in touch for a while,”
Lucky added.
“They both got to the defendant’s house whichwas in the same area. On arrival, the complainant
waited in his sitting room, while the defendant
went to have his bath and came out with only a
towel.
“He then asked the complainant why she had
broken up with him and she replied that she had
found out that he was dating her sister.
“He then replied that it wasn’t true that they were
only friends and went into his room only to come
out with a cutlass.
“The defendant then threatened the complainant,
saying that if she refused him to have sex with
her, he would injure her.
The prosecutor noted that the defendant
assaulted the complainant by dragging her by her
trouser, carried her to his room, forcefully tore her
zip after struggling with her and pushed her to
the bed and had sex with her without her consent.
“When he was done with her, the complainant
was in tears while the defendant pleaded for
forgiveness for his actions.
The prosecutor stressed that the offenses
contravened sections 258, 170 and 56 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 258
stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
Meanwhile, the defendant, residing at No 8,
Ogunaike St, Shangisha, Ketu, who is facing a
three-count charge of rape, assault and
threatening, pleaded not guilty after the charges
were read to him.
The Magistrate, Mrs. O Sule Amzat, slammed a
bail of N200, 000 on the defendant, ordering that
the bail be accompanied with two sureties in like
sum whose addresses were to be verified by the
court.
Amzat, however, adjourned the matter to January
27, 2016 for further hearing.
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