An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted an ex-parte application brought before it to remand one Olukayode Adebayo (37) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti.
In her ruling, Magistrate Mojisola Salau said, remanding the defendant will allow the Police to complete their investigation while the Prosecutor, Inspector Sadiq Adeniyi will duplicate the case file and send the same to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Legal advice.
According to the charge, Olukayode, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, attached to Ekiti State Command was reasonably suspected to have committed an offense of rape on a (13) thirteen-year-old girl at Peace Avenue, Afao Road, Ado Ekiti on 25th December 2021.
In her statement to the Police, the victim said, on Christmas day, she went to their shop on the instruction of her mother to bring some bananas and kolanut, on her way back, the defendant who was on a motorcycle met her on the road, she was asked to mount the motorcycle to assist her home and she agreed.
On their way, she took her to an uncompleted building and have canal knowledge of her and left, her crying attracted the passers-by who took her home, she explained to her mother and later reported the incident at the Police Station.
The offense runs contrary to and is punishable under Section 31 of the Child Right Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
Olaniyi Alade
