44 year old man rapes 6-year-old girl

A 44-year-old man, Abdulroheem Abdulhamed, who 
allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl, was on Wednesday docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Abdulhamed resides at 49, Akinola Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja,
Lagos.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence at 49, Akinola Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State, at about 1 p.m. on March 20, 2017.

Osayande said that the accused, who resides in same
premises with the parents of the girl, sent her on an errand
and on her return, took her into his apartment, closed the 
door and assaulted her sexually.

She said that the victim reported to her mother what the
accused did to her and he was arrested.

The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 
137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Ipaye Nwachukwu, granted bail 
to the accused in the sum of N100, 000, with two sureties in like sum.

Nwachukwu ordered that one of the sureties must be a civil
servant on not less than grade level 14 while the other must
be a property owner.

She also directed that the sureties should provide evidence of
tax payment and have their addresses verified.

The case was adjourned until June 8 pending the advice
 from the Department of Public Prosecutions