Police arraign man for allegedly raping sister’s friend

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By Moronke Boboye

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 36- year-old man, David Luke, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman.

The defendant, who resides at 15, Robert St., Magodo Phase 2, Lagos, is being tried for rape.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs M.F. Onamusi, did not take the defendant’s plea.

Rather, she ordered him to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre till Feb. 18, pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

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The Prosecutor, ASP Mathew Akhaluode, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Dec. 16, 2024 at his residence.

Akhaluode said that the defendant raped the woman who came to visit his younger sister.

The offence, according to him, contravenes Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)

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