LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba Lagos State, has remanded a 25-year-old man, Ishaya Madaki, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly forcefully having sexual intercourse with a teenager.
Madaki, who reportedly raped the teenager in Iyana-Iba Area of the State, appeared before Magistrate Mrs E. Kubenje on 14 March, facing a one-count charge of rape preferred against him by the Police.
The Police Officer, Olakunle Orebe, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between September and October 2022, adding that the defendant forcefully had sexual intercourse with the 16-year-old girl without her consent.
According to the prosecutor, the offence committed is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The charge read, “That you, Ishaya Madaki, between September and October 2022 around 10am at RS 139 Post Service Housing Estate, Iyana Iba, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did forcefully have sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate Mrs E. Kubenje did not take the plea of the defendant.
The case was adjourned till 18 April, 2023, for mention.