A Magistrate court in Lagos has ordered three Senior Secondary School
1 (SS1) students (names withheld), who allegedly gang-defiled their
15-year-old classmate be remanded in a juvenile home.
The state police had dragged the teenagers, aged: 16, 16 and 14
years before the court on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy,
unlawful canal knowledge, sexual assault and defilement. The
prosecutor, Sgt. Hafsat Ajibode, told the court that the boys committed
the offences in July 2018 at Makoko Area of Lagos State. She said that
the boys gang-defiled their 15-year-old classmate at her resident.
“The boys claimed that they came to visit their female classmate at
her house while her parents were not around. They offered her a drink
which was suspected to contain some sleeping pills and that was the last
the girl remembered when she became conscious. When she regained
consciousness, she discovered that she was naked and bleeding while the
boys had disappeared. She raised the alarm which led to the arrest of
the accused. The girl has since been traumatised and hospitalized as a
result of the incident,” she said.
Sgt. Ajibode said that the offences contravened Sections 260 (1) (2)
(4), 261, 263 (1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The
case was adjourned until Jan.16 for mention.