One randy 50-year-old man, Kelvin Ezeigbo, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old pupil identified as Esther, by the roadside in Oke-Ira, Ogba area of the state.
It
was gathered that the guardian of the young girl and Ezeigbo are
neigbours on Olatunde Close in the area, and is seen as a family friend.
The incident, according to reports, happened on April
26 at about 9pm, when the aunt the girl lives with, sent her on an
errand and on her return, Ezeigbo, a father of two, waylaid her and
offered her money to have sex with him but when she refused, he
forcefully dragged her into a tricycle parked by the roadside, covered
her mouth and and raped her.
It
was when the girl got home that she informed her aunt of the assault
and the aunt reported the incident at the Area G Command in Ogba, and
Ezeigbo was arrested.
Initially, Ezeigbo denied raping the girl and was arraigned at the Ogba Magistrates' Court by a police prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, on two counts of rape.
When the charges were read to Ezeigbo, he pleaded not guilty and elected summary trial.
The Chief Magistrate T.A. Elias,
admitted him to bail in the sum of N2.5 million with two sureties in
like sum, but ordered that he be remanded in prison custody pending when
his bail application will be perfected while the case was adjourned
till June 8, for mention.
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