17-year-old boy rapes neighbour’s 13-yr-old daughter

A 17-year-old boy was, yesterday, was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter.

The defendant who is a secondary school student and lives with his parents at Iju Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos, was arraigned on a count charge of rape.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, told the court that the offence was committed sometime in October at the defendant’s residence. Donny said the defendant lured her into his room, raped her and warned her not to tell anyone.

The offence, the prosecutor said, contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The defendant, however, entered a not guilty plea. Chief Magistrate Folakemi Davies-Abegunde, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250,000, with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till November 22 for mention.