A 31-year-old man, Obinna Ezechukwu, who allegedly raped his
customer was on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The accused, a tricycle operator, who lives at 1, Olusegun
Close, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, is facing three counts of obtaining by false
pretences, stealing and rape.
The prosecutor, Rachael Williams, told the court that the
offences were committed on July 9, 2015, at the residence of the accused.
According to Williams, the accused, who picks the victim
every day from the bus stop to her place of work, promised to get her an
apartment.
“After the accused
had collected N30,000 under the pretext of securing one of the vacant rooms in
his compound for the victim, he invited her to meet the landlord.
“On getting to the home of the accused, he offered her a
drink and that was how she slept off and when she woke up, she found herself
that she had been raped and naked,” she said.
She told the court the victim was 23 years old and that the
offences contravened Sections 258(1), 285 and 312(a) of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Tajudeen Elias, granted bail to
the accused at N200,000 with two sureties each in like sum.
Elias adjourned the case to August 18.
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