That Rape Case That Attracted N500,000 Bail

An Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday admitted a 26-year-old man, Gbenga Omotehinse, to bail in the sum of N500,000. Omotehinse allegedly raped and defrauded a lady of N56,000 on the pretext of renting a room to her. 

The Magistrate, Titus Abolarinwa, said the accused, a resident of Olodi-Apapa Area of Lagos, should produce two sureties in like sum. Abolarinwa said the sureties must be gainfully employed and also show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Omotehinse is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretense and rape. 

The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh, told the court that the accused committed the offences on July 13 at Adidas Field, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos. Elibeh said the accused collected N56,000 from the complainant , with a promise to rent a room to her, under false pretense. 

“Omotehinse just wanted to take advantage of the complainant; he spent her money and refused to rent the room to her as promised. 

“The complainant said that the accused claimed the money paid for the room was insufficient and asked her to sleep with him as a way of completing the payment. “She said that the accused threatened not to rent the room to her nor refund her money if she did not sleep with him.

“The complainant said that the accused forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent and still refused to refund her money after raping her. “She reported the case to the police and the accused was arrested,’’ Elibeh said. 

The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 258 and 312 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which attracts 15-year jail term on conviction. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Abolarinwa adjourned the case till Aug. 22 for further hearing.

SOURCE: Vanguardngr

How 14-year-old girl was lured with N30, raped by school teacher in Lagos

A secondary school teacher, Cosmos Ubaja, was on Monday arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Ikorodu area of the state.

The unnamed teenager had gone to Ubaja’s shop to make photocopies after school hours when the accused lured her into sleeping with her.

The suspect, who owns a computer centre in the area, was contracted by the school to teach the junior pupils computer studies.

According to the Punch, the victim, a Junior Secondary School, Class 3 student in a public secondary school in the Owutu area of Ikorodu, had been allegedly raped by the suspect on several occasions in eight months and was always given peanuts such as N50, N100 and N30, each time.

Ubaja, a father of one had been raping the girl for months and the girl kept the secret away from her parents.

The last straw which broke the camel’s back was on June 1 when the girl complained to her mother that she had stomach pains and her menstrual cycle was affected.

She was then taken to a private hospital where it was discovered that she had been raped several times.

The teenager confessed that it was the computer instructor who raped her and he was arrested.

The matter was reported at the Owutu Police Division and also to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, Alausa.

The DSVRT team took the victim for a checkup at the Mirabel Centre, Ikeja.

The group’s Coordinator, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the matter had been transferred to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command.

According to her, “The 14-year-old girl was raped by her computer teacher near the school’s premises.

“The teacher and some individuals around the school initially pleaded with the girl’s parents not to report to the police. Fortunately, they rejected the plea.

“The perpetrator is in police custody and the case has been transferred from the division to the Gender Unit at the police headquarters, Ikeja. The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has also requested the duplicate case file.”

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said Ubaja has confessed to the crime and will be charged to court soon.

SOURCE: Punchng