Just as the Minister for women affairs in Nigeria is lamenting the increase in gender base violence, Two men have been arraigned before the Apapa Magistrate court for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 15-year old deaf and dumb teenage girl (name withheld) at kirikiri.
Masquerade234 gathered that four of them were alleged to have gang-raped the girl but two of the them are said to be on the run and the incidence took place at 4, Adeyemo Street, Kirikiri town, Lagos State. They allegedly took the victim to a house where they had sex with he r in turns.
The police arrested two of the suspects, Vincent Ibediagu, 25 and Ebuka Eneh, 23, while the others escaped.
They two were charged before the court on a two-count charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge and rape, and the prosecutor Friday Inedu told the court that the offence was contrary to Sections 409 and 258 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
It was gathered that the accused lured the victim to a room in Kirikiri town and asked her to remove her pant and was raped. The matter came to the open when their neighbour discovered what they were doing and alerted others who forced the door open.
In recent times in the country, their has been an increase in rape cases with victims as young as six month and older women of 70years and above.
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