Five men have been accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in an uncompleted building in the Orile Iganmu area of Lagos State.
The police said the victim was abducted and taken into the building around 2am by the suspects, who took turns to rape her.
After a police raid, three of the five suspects were arrested, while the others took to their heels.
They were arraigned on Tuesday before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court on two counts of rape.
The suspects were identified as Shittu Taiwo (23), Riliwan Alao (32), and Sunday Akinyele (27).
The charge reads, “That you, Shittu Taiwo, Riliwan Alao, Sunday Akinyele and two others at large on June 4, 2014, at about 2am in an uncompleted building along Giwa Street, Orile Iganmu, Lagos State in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: rape.
“That you and others at large did have unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl (name withheld).”
The police prosecutor, DSP Etim Nkankuk, said the offence was punishable under sections 409 and 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge and elected summary trial.
Their defence counsel, F.S. Oladele, applied for their bail in liberal terms.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.A. Demi-Ajayi, admitted them to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till July 23, 2014