A 29-year-old security man, Usman Taoridi, has been docked at the Ikeja Magistrates' Court sitting in Lagos State for allegedly raping his employer's 11-year-old daughter and injuring her in the process, the Guardian reports.
According to the police prosecutor, Sergeant Jimah Iseghede, the accused who lives in his employer’s residence at 27, Amosu Close, Ojokoro, had, on November 29, lured the girl into his room at the gatehouse and defiled her.
After he raped the girl, he warned her never to tell her parents or he would slaughter her but the girl went straight to her parents and told them what the security man did to her.
He was subsequently arrested and charged to court.
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The offence, according to Iseghede, contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of defilement and the Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, granted him bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum, while the case was adjourned till January 6.
