The Okeho Magistrates’ Court in Oyo State on Tuesday remanded two teenagers for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.
The
teenagers identified as Tereh Sunday, 19 and Teruwa Tarushi, 18, were
ordered by the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Abiola Richard to be remanded
in prison custody pending the receipt of legal advice from the
Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
According to the
Prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Sule who told the court that the offence was
committed on March 3 at Akinlabi Village in Okeho area of Oyo State.
The
Prosecutor said that Sunday and Tarushi who were living in the same
house with the parents of the victim in the village took advantage of
the fact that the victim's away was not at home thereby forcefully
having canal knowledge of the girl.
The prosecutor said that the
offence was contrary to and punishable under sections 516 and 218 of the
Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The teenagers who were not represented by a counsel, however, pleaded but their pleas were not granted.
The Chief Magistrate adjourned the matter till Thursday for mention.
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