A 27-year-old man, Idris Umai, has allegedly abducted and defiled a teenager in Sanusi Estate, Mile 12, Lagos State.
The suspect was dragged before Magistrate M.O Tanimola of an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Umai, who resides in Mile 12, Ketu in Lagos is charged with abduction and defilement.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Donjour Perezi told the court that Umai committed the offence in October 2022.
According to the prosecution counsel, the defendant abducted the girl on her way back from school on the said date.
“The defendant conspired with one Faziya Abubakar, Mohammed Motali, Abubakar Mohammed, Amina Aminu and Aisha Ibrahim all of Mile 12 to abduct the girl,” he said.
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 173 and 268 of the Criminal Lawn of Lagos 2015.
Section 268 states that “Any person who, with intent to marry or have sexual intercourse with a female of any age, or to cause her to be married, takes her away or detains her against her will is guilty of a felony and is liable to seven years imprisonment if found guilty”.
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The magistrate remanded him in a correctional centre pending legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions.
She adjourned the case until May 5, for mention.
Meanwhile, one person has died and four others sustained varying degrees of injury in an accident that occurred before the Ukpo junction, along Onitsha- Nteje-Awka Expressway, Anambra State, late on Sunday.
It was a collision between two vehicles, a commercial Howo truck (10 tyres) with registration number: JUX 95 XA and a private Honda CRV with registration number: LFA 224 TN.
According to eyewitnesses at the scene of the incident, the crash occurred when the driver of the CRV was about to enter Ukpo junction and collided with the truck which was coming out from the junction at speed.
It was gathered that the driver of the truck lost control and fell on the CRV and crashed.
A statement on Monday by the Acting Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Anambra State, Margaret Onabe, indicated that five persons were involved in the crash.
Onabe said, “Four male adults sustained varying degrees of injury and one male adult was killed, the driver of the CRV. The probable cause of the fatal road crash was speed, loss of control by the truck driver.
“As at the time of filing this report, the dead victim (driver of the CRV) is still trapped under the truck. Efforts are being made by the FRSC personnel at RS5.33 Nteje Unit Command to remove the trapped body.”
She added that the crash victims were rushed to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka.