A driver,
Samuel Adebayo, who allegedly r*ped twin sisters and put one of them in a
family way, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused,
30, who resides at Beckley Estate, Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos, is being
tried for r*pe and an attempt to commit abortion.
The Police
Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the accused committed the
offences in December 2016 at his residence.
Donny said
that the accused lived in the same compound with the complainants, a twin
sisters, aged 17.
“The accused
r*ped the girls on different occasions and in the process, one of them got
pregnant.
“The accused
gave her N20,000 to terminate the pregnancy but instead, she confided in her
elder sister, who informed their mother.
“The case
was reported at the police station and the accused was apprehended, ” he said.
The offences
contravened Sections 147(1) and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused,
however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, admitted the accused to a bail of N500,000
with two sureties in like sum.
Abegunde
adjourned the case to June 5 for mention.
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