A 22-year old man, Peter Victor has been
arrested by the police and charged before a
magistrate’s in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for
allegedly raping a 13-year old girl (name
withheld) He is now facing a charge of rape before the
Magistrate, Mrs M B Folami. The victim stunned the police and the court
when she said she was not raped by Victor as
claimed by the police. She said she allowed Victor to sleep with her
thrice because she loved him and because he
has been assisting her family. She revealed that Victor has been buying gifts
for her and members of her family, adding that
she usually takes the gifts home to show her
parents who sometimes share from them. She also revealed that when Victor was arrested
and she was brought to the station, she told the
police that she was not raped, but she was
asked to shut up because she was a minor. It was gathered that the girl’s father was aware
of the relationship between Victor and her
daughter when she returned late in their last
outing one day and during questioning, the girl
told her father that she went out with the man. On further inquiry, she was said to have
admitted to her father that Victor had been
sleeping with her. The angry father was said to have gone to the
police to report that Victor raped his daughter.
Victor was, therefore, arrested and charged to
court on a one-count charge of having unlawful
canal knowledge of the girl. The Cross River State-born admitted having sex
with the girl, but that he did not rape her as
claimed by the police. He also told the court that she is her girlfriend
and that he has being assisting her and her
family. The police insisted that it was a case of rape
and charged him under section 137 of the
Criminal Code Law of Lagos State of Nigeria. He
pleaded not guilty. He was denied bail and ordered remanded in
Kirikiri prison. PM News
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