55 YEAR OLD MAN RAPES AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL

An Osogbo Senior
Magistrate Court, Osun State has
remanded a 55-year-old man,Titiloye
Tella, for allegedly defiling and
raping an 11-year-olg girl simply
identified as ‘Tapepa’ (not real
name) in his (Tella) bedroom.
According to the charge, Tella, a
farmer, allegedly perpetrated the act
on August 31, 2013 at 9 am in
Temidire area of Gbongan, Ayedaade
Local Government Area of the state.
The charge read: “That you Titiloye
Tella did unlawfully have carnal
knowledge of one ‘Tapepa’, aged 11
years, by dragging her into the yard
of your house and cover her mouth
with clothe and thereby committed
an offence contrary to and
punishable under section 218 of the
Criminal Code Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws
of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.”
The police prosecutor, Wilson Mireti,
further informed the court that the
accused at the same time and in
aforementioned area did unlawfully
and indecently assault the helpless
young girl by having carnal
knowledge of Tapepa without her
consent, arguing that Tella has
committed an offence contrary and
punishable under section 222 of the
Criminal Code of Nigeria.
It was gathered that the victim who
hawks old newspapers was called by
Tella to buy her ware. After Tella
had bought N20 newspaper from
Tapepa, he allegedly gagged and
dragged her into his bedroom where
he allegedly raped her.
The girl was said to have narrated
her ordeal to his father who
immediately reported the matter at
the Family Unit of the Oja Oba Police
Station in Osogbo.
But, the accused, who said that he
had been living alone since his wife
divorced him, pleaded not guilty to
the two-count charge preffered
against him.
The presiding Senior Magistrate, Mr
Olusola Aluko, ruled that Tella be
remanded in Ilesa Prison custody
while his lawyer, Mr. S. B. Ajibade is
to furnish the court with a written
application for bail.
The magistrate then adjourned the
case till December 11, 2013.