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Thursday, October 31, 2019
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involved are; Moboluwaji Omowole, 19, Chuka Chukwu, 19, Peace Nwankama, 19,
James Aguedu, 20 and Josephine Osemeka, 20. However, during the proceedings,
the male defendants – Omowole, Chukwu and Aguedo were not present due to the
inability of the officials of the Kirikiri Medium Prisons to bring them early
to court. The presiding Judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye stood-down proceedings
at 9 am when none of the defendants were in court. The female defendants;
Nwankama and Osemeka were brought into the courtroom by officials of the
Kirikiri Female Prisons at 10.23 am However, three male defendants still absent
in the courtroom when the case was called at 10.51 am for hearing. Mr Lawal
Pedro (SAN), Aguedu’s defence counsel, registered his displeasure about the
development. “The court sits at 9 am. We, the state and citizens are equal
before the law. “The same indulgence (standing-down the case) will not have
been granted if the situation were reversed,” he said. While responding to
Pedro’s submission, Dr Jide Martins, a Director in the Directorate of Public
Prosecution (DPP) and lead prosecutor in the case stated that the delay was not
caused by the prosecution. “The correctional services are yet to bring the
defendants to court, I do not want to speculate but one can generally assume
that it is caused by the traffic situation. “I am not comfortable with the
aspersion that is inferred that the delay was at the instance of the
prosecution. “This is beyond our control, we have done our part, our witness is
in court and we are ready to proceed with our case,” Martins said. Justice
Soladoye adjourned the case until Dec. 3 for the continuation of the trial due
to the absence of the three male defendants. According to the prosecution, the
defendants committed the offences sometime in 2017 at UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos.
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Martins said: “Omowole, Chukwu and Aguedo sometime in the month January and
sometime in the month of February 2017 defiled the complainant by having
unlawful sexual intercourse with her. “Chukwu sometime in January 2017 at No.
25, Shobande St., Akoka, Yaba, Lagos knowingly allowed Omowole to defile the
complainant by having unlawful sexual intercourse with her. “Nwankama, Aguedo
and Osameka between the months of January to March 2017 were into the
procuration (obtaining) of young girls for the purpose of defilement. “Osemeka
sometime in the month of January 2017, in UNILAG, sexually assaulted the
complainant by kissing her.” While testifying on Feb. 26 the victim said that
she was lured by Nwankama who was her roommate to High Rise, a staff quarters
hostel at UNILAG. She alleged that she was gang-raped at High Rise by eight
male students and sexually assaulted by Osemeka. She further said that the
gang-rape and sexual assault at High Rise was videotaped and that she was
blackmailed with the video and further gang-raped on some other occasions by the
defendants and their accomplices who are now at large
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