An Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court on friday remanded three men, Idris Kolawole 19, Alaba Oluwole 20 and Monday Tolulope 23 in a prison custody for alleged gang rape of a 12 year-old girl.
The chief Magistrate, Idowu Ayenimo, who remanded them, frowned at the alarming rate of rape especially on minors.
He adjourned the case till Nov 4 for mention.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Bankole Olasunkanmi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Sept 10 in Ifaki-Ekiti.
Olusunkanmi said that the accused and others still at large, on the side date unlawfully gang raped a 12-year-old minor one after the other while on an errand for her mother.
According to him, the victim was hospitalised because of the defilement, adding that the offence contravened sections 218,516 of the Criminal Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State. 2012.
The prosecutor informed the court that he had forwarded their case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
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