A Chief Justice of the Peace’s Court docket sitting in Osogbo, capital of Osun State, on Tuesday, ordered {that a} 38-year-old man, Olusola Busayo be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre over alleged rape.
Busayo, who claimed to be a bricklayer, was dragged to courtroom by the Osun State Police Command.
The Police slammed the defendant with a count- cost bordering on rape of a 25-year-old girl who resides with speech dysfunction.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Adejola Adesuyi knowledgeable the courtroom that the defendant unlawfully had carnal information of the girl with particular want.
He acknowledged that the accused individual dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable below Part 358 of the Legal Code Cap 34 quantity ll, Legal guidelines of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
Nonetheless, the defendant pleaded not responsible to the allegation.
The defence counsel, Kehinde Adepoju utilized for the defendant’s bail, saying the structure presumes him harmless till opposite confirmed in courtroom.
Reacting, the police prosecutor opposed the bail request, saying that if Busayo is granted bail and the sufferer retains seeing him, it will reignite trauma and the damage she allegedly suffered throughout the act.
Nonetheless, the presiding Chief Justice of the Peace, O. Daramola ordered the defendant to be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre.
The case was adjourned until February 27 for point out.
Talking with the sufferer’s relative who pleaded for anonymity, she mentioned Busayo was capable of perpetrate the act as a result of she was sleeping.
In line with her, ”He (Defendant) was employed as a bricklayer by my husband to work in our compound; however he sneaked into our room and raped my sister, realizing I used to be sick and my sister can’t speak.”