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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