2 men arraigned for raping a 13-year-old girl in Osun

An Osun State Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo has had two men brought before it on suspicion of raping a teenage girl.

Azeez Kehinde, 20, and Adeyanju Ismaila, 23, allegedly raped the 13-year-old, simply identified as ‘Pepeye’ in the Ikirun area of Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports, the young men waylaid the teenager at night in the Igbo-Ile environs of the area and proceeded to forcefully indulge in intercourse with her.

    The police prosecutor, Mirette Wilson, a Police Inspector told the court that the two accused men committed an offence contrary to and punishable under sections 516,358 and 360 of the criminal code, cap 34, vol II, laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2003.

    When the plea was taken, both kehinde and Ismaila, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against them.

    Counsel to the accused persons, Mr. Adedokun Tunde applied for the bail of his clients, praying the court to grant them bail in the most liberal terms as according to him the accused persons were ready to stand their trial before the court.

    He also presented an affidavit sworn by a member of the family of the accused persons to the court as evidence that they were willing to stand their trial.

    The Police prosecutor who did not oppose the bail application told the court to use its discretion in granting the accused persons bail.

    He, however, applied to investigate the authenticity of the affidavit submitted to the court.

    The presiding magistrate, Mr. Olusola Aluko lamented the involvement of young men in criminal activities especially the rate at which females were defiled in the state which he noted had contributed to the congestion of the state prisons.

    He granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till 6th of December, 2013.

Source: vanguard