A thirty-year-old man, Sherif Afolabi, has been brought
before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old
girl. It was learnt that Afolabi defiled the teenager, who was said to be a
virgin sometime in December 2013 in the Ilogbo, Ajangbadi area of Lagos.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the girl, who had kept mum about
the act, became confused when she noticed that she was pregnant a few months
later. Our correspondent learnt that Afolabi allegedly aborted the pregnancy
when the victim informed him of the development.
The victim’s parents, it was gathered, reported the incident
at the Ilemba-Hausa Police Division when the girl became unconscious due to the
effect of the drug Afolabi gave her. The defendant was subsequently arrested
and arraigned before the magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Adelaja, on two counts bordering
on rape and abortion.
The charges read, “That you, Sherif Afolabi, on December
2013, at the Ilogbo area of Ajangbadi, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did
have unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) and
defiled her virginity, and thereby committed an offence punishable under
Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, sometime in 2014, at about 10am, at the Ilogbo
area of Ajangbadi, in the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully
procure abortion of an unborn child by terminating the pregnancy of a
16-year-old girl (name witheld), and thereby committed an offence punishable
under Section 234 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.”
Afolabi, however, pleaded not guilty. He was admitted to
bail in the sum of N200,000 with a surety in like sum.
“The surety must tender to the prosecutor, evidence of tax
payment to the Lagos State Government and his/her residential address must be
verified,” Ajangbadi added.
The matter was adjourned till December 1, 2014.
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