Tailor, 20, holds 15-year-old girl hostage in Lagos, rapes her for four days

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Monday remanded Daniel Omoarebun, a 20-year-old tailor, at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old minor.

Omoarebun, a resident of Okokomaiko, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for defilement of a minor.

According to the prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, he committed the offence on June 7 at his residence. Ayorinde said that the accused held the girl hostage for four days and was having sexual intercourse with her.

“Her parents traced her to the accused’s house after they got a tip-off that she was there. They reported the case to the police, and the accused was arrested for questioning,” Ayorinde said.

According to the prosecutor, medical reports showed that there was penetration into the girl’s private part.

Omoarebun could be sentenced to life imprisonment if found guilty of the crime.

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The Magistrate, Mrs Osunsanmi, who refused to take the plea of the accused, said that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The case was adjourned until July 16 for mention.