Our society is really getting rotten. Three teenagee
boys, Elijah Adebowale, Suleiman Balogun and
Shefiu Adam, were on Thursday charged before a
Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over the
alleged gang-rap* of a secondary school student.
Adebowale (15), Balogun (16) and Adam (14),
who all reside at the Iju area of Lagos, are
being tried on two counts of conspiracy and
unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Rita Momah, told the court
that the teenagee boys and three others, now at
large, committed the offences on October 5, in
an uncompleted building.
Insp. Momah said the accused all conspired to
lure the 13-year-old female student, Vero (real
names withheld), to the building where the six
of them took turns with her.
She explained that the accused persons spotted
the 13-year-old coming out of a church and sent
her to get drinks for them within their area at
Olopade Street, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos.
According to Insp. Momah, the accused offered
the girl a bottle of assorted drink that was
already spiked and each of them all had carnal
knowledge of her.
The prosecution submitted that the offences
contravened Sections 409 and 137 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the
charge levelled against them.
The judge, Mr F.A Adeeyo, granted the accused
bail in the sum of N300,000 each, with two
sureties in like sum and adjourned the case to
December 7, for continuation of hearing.
