Monster: Man, 45, imprisoned for raping a 10-year-old

by ‘Jola Sotubo

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A court in Osun has ordered the imprisonment of a middle aged man after he admitted allegations of rape levelled against him.

Bamidele Tijani, a baker, was accused of having forceful sexual intercourse with a 10-year-old girl.

Tijani put in a guilty plea before a Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, and was ordered to be remanded in prison.

Leadership reports:

The chief magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Ilesha Prisons, while he adjourned the case till December 31, 2013, for facts and sentencing.

Aluko said the adjournment was to give the prosecution time to present the facts of the case.

The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Abiodun Fagboyinbo, had earlier told the court that the accused committed the offence on December 16, 2013 at about 4:30 p.m., at Isale Osun area of Osogbo, Osun State.

According to Fagboyinbo, the accused, a divorcee, who lived on the same street with the victim, lured the victim into his room when she was sent on an errand by her parents and had unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor.

He said the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol.11, Laws of Osun, 2003.

 

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