An Osun State Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Osogbo has remanded a 19-year-old boy, Femi Ayepola, his mother, Esther Ayepola, and a suspected quack doctor, Lawrence Olalekan, in Ilesa Correction Centre, for alleged sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl (name withheld).
The trio were brought before the court on a four-count charge concerning sexual assault and procurement of unlawful abortion of the young girl’s pregnancy.
According to the charge sheet obtained by OSUN DEFENDER on Wednesday, Femi, on or about July 20, 2023, at the Powerline area, Osogbo sexually and indecently assaulted the girl who was serving as a housemaid for his mother.
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Meanwhile, both Femi’s mother and Lawrence were accused of conspiring and unlawfully procuring abortion for the victim.
The alleged offence according to the police contravened sections 358, 360, 516, and 328 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State, 2002.
But the defendants pleaded not guilty to the allegations levelled against them.
The matter was adjourned until September 10, 2024, for mention.
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