Man Arrested For R*ping Neighbour’s 10yrs Old Daughter His Reason Will Shock You

A 32-year-old man, Chimezie Nwosu, was arraignedin
an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly r*ping a 10-
year-old pupil. He was arraigned on Wednesday on one
count of r*pe before a magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Adegbite.It
was learnt that the victim, Deborah (pseudonym) and
Nwosu lived in same compound on Marwa Road,
Satellite Town, Lagos.
The girl was reportedly returning from school around
2pm on June 8 when Nwosu called her to his room on
the pretext of sending her on an errand. But he shut the
door instead.
He was said to have forcefully removed her clothesand
r*ped her while she cried for help.It was learnt that
neighbours, who heard the cry, alerted Deborah’s elder
brother.Our correspondent learnt they all rushed to
Nwosu’s apartment to rescue the girl while the case was
reported at the Satellite Police Division.
In her statement to the police, Deborah reportedly said,
“I just stepped into the compound on the way from
school that day when Mr. Chimezie (Nwosu) called me.
He said he wanted me to help him to buy something and
I entered his room.“He shut the door and removed my
clothes and slept on me.
He told me to stop shouting and put his thing (man-
hood) in my bumbum.”However, Nwosu, who hails from
Umuovum village in the Oweri-North Local Government
Area, Imo State, denied r*ping the girl, saying the
allegation was an attempt to blackmail him.Police
prosecutor, Francisca Job, who brought the defendant to
court, said the offence contravened Section 137 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The charge read, “That you, Chimezie Nwosu, on June 8,
2016, at about 2pm on Marwa Road, Satellite Town,
Lagos, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did unlawfully
have s*xual intercourse witha 10-year-old girl without
her consent, thereby committing an offence punishable
under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State,
2011.
”The defendant pleaded not guilty and elected summary
trial.The magistrate, Adegbite, granted him bail in the
sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.While
adjourning the case till August 11, 2016, Adegbite added
that the sureties must be residentsof Lagos State and
must tender evidence of tax payments to the prosecutor
for verification.