Man, 76, rapes teenage girl in Ibadan
One Akeem Muritala has allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl in Oyo State.
The 76-year-old man was arraigned before a Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday.
After hearing the prosecution speak, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, ordered that the suspect be remanded in a correction centre.
The magistrate ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
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Ogunkanmi adjourned the case until October 23 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji, told the court that Muritala committed the offence in July in the Isale-Afa area of Ibadan and that the defendant narrated the abuse to the police.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 34 of the Child Rights Law 2006.
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