A 27-year old man narrowly
escaped death after neighbours
attempted to lynched him for
allegedly raping a house maid.
The provision seller, Soronnadi
Chinemerem was arrested by
the police and charged before
Ejigbo Magistrate’s court for
allegedly raping an 11-year old
girl in his shop at Oke Afa, Lagos
State, southwest Nigeria.
The victim (name withheld)
was lured by the accused when
she went to the shop to buy an
article.
She was lured into the shop and
raped by the accused.
“He asked me to come inside his
shop and held me and removed
my pants and forced his
manhood inside my private
part,” she narrated.
The matter came to the open
when he was caught by
neighbours who suspected him
and forced the door to the shop
open.
He was handed over to the
police and was charged to
court.
The Imo State-born
Chinemerem reportedly
confessed that he has been
having sex with her and,
therefore, the act could not be
regarded as rape.
But the police insisted that he
had unlawfully canal knowledge
of an under aged girl.
He was charged to court under
sections 137 and 404 of the
Criminal Code Laws of Lagos
State of Nigeria 2011.
He pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs M
B Folami ordered that he should
be remanded in prison custody
and adjourned to matter till 16
November 2012.
PMNews
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