A man is being made to pay for his really brutal act after he was found out to have lured a girl into his room to do evil things to her.
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Solomon Emmanuel, a 35-year-old man, who allegedly r*ped his neighbour’s daughter was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Punch Metro reports that the accused, a printer, who resides at 1, Alonge St., Oke-odo, Agege, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for r*pe.
The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offence was committed on April 27 at the residence of the accused.
Ogu said the accused called the girl, a 14-year-old, into his room under the pretence of sending her on an errand.
“The accused shut the door, covered her mouth with a blanket and raped her.
“Thereafter, the girl told her mother and the case was reported to the Police, who apprehended the accused,” he said.
The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Taiwo Akanni, committed the accused to a bail of N250,000, with two sureties in like sum.
Akanni adjourned the case till June 5 for mention.