Lagos Court Remands Seven For Gang-Raping Teenager To Death

Seven men have been remanded in Ikkoyi custodial Centre by an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly gang-raping an 11-year-old girl, Favour Okechukwu, to death.

The suspects, identified to be Ajom Tabi, 37; Omobolanle Olowookere, 41; Aliu Bilyamin, 24; Emmanuel Okon, 24; Bolarinwa Olamilekan, 24; Badmus Abdulateef, 20; Azeez Quadri, 22; and Sunday Odunayo, 22, were charged with three counts of rape, defilement and murder.

AllNews gathered that the young girl was sent on her errand by her mother to go and buy a carton of Gala for her at Olanrewaju street, Ejigbo at about 8.30 pm on September 30, 2020.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the victim's body was found in a room belonging to one Ajom Brimcewil Tabi at No.4, Olanrewaju street Ejigbo, with blood flowing out of her private parts when she failed to return.

However, the Chief Magistrate, O.G. Oghre, refused the plea of the suspects and ordered the police to return the case file to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) pending legal advice.

The magistrate also granted bail to Olowookere (the second suspect) after counsel, Spurgeon Ataene, told the court of her non- involvement in the case. She was granted N500,000 bail with two sureties each in like sum.

The Magistrate adjourned the case until November 18.