Court remands
40-year-old man for raping two minors
A 40-year-old man, Mathew John, accused of raping two
minors, has been ordered by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ court on Wednesday to
be remanded in police custody, pending legal advice from the Office of the
State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, told
the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 23 in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant raped a 13-year-old and a
15-year-old.
Okunade alleged that the defendant lured the two girls, who
lived in the same neighbourhood with him and raped them.
The prosecutor said the offence, contravened the provisions
of Section 31(2) of the Child Right Law of Ekiti State, 2012.
In the ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Adesoji Adegboye, who
did not take the plea of the defendant, adjourned the case until March 25 for
further mention, NAN reports.