Primary Three Pupil Gets Pregnant After Being Raped By A 27 Year Old Ma

The police have arraigned a 27-year-old man, Tope
Akintade, for impregnating a primary three pupil,
Beatrice (pseudonym), after he allegedly raped
her.
Akintade and Beatrice, an orphan, are
neighbours at a compound on Baale Street,
Agboju, Kuje in the Amuwo area of Lagos
State.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the 13-year-old
victim was outside washing plates in the
afternoon, sometime in November, when
Akintade, who hails from the Idanre Local
Government Area, Ondo State, lured her to his
room and forcefully had sex with her.
Our correspondent gathered that Beatrice’s
aunt, who preferred to be anonymous because
of the nature of the incident, had earlier
warned the suspect to stay away from her
niece when she (the minor) complained that
he was “playing rough play” with her.
Our correspondent learnt that neither the
aunt nor other lodgers of the compound were
around on the fateful day to intervene in the
act as Akintade reportedly coerced the minor
into three rounds of sexual romp.
It was gathered that the act, which the minor
had kept secret, became apparent when she
began to exhibit some symptoms usually
shown by pregnant women.
She was said to have been taken to a hospital
where a test conducted on her revealed that
she was three months pregnant.
Akintade was eventually arrested by police
officials attached to the Satellite Police
Division and charged with rape.
PUNCH Metro was told that he had confessed
to the crime in a statement made to the police.
A prosecutor, Olusoji Ojaokomo, arraigned
him before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court on
two counts of rape.
The charge read, “That you, Tope Akintade, 27,
on Baale Street, Agboju, Satellite Town, Kunje,
Amuwo, Lagos, in the Apapa Magisterial
District, did defile one Beatrice by having
canal knowledge of her and thereby
committed an offence punishable under
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State
of Nigeria, 2011.
“That you, Tope Akintade, did indecently
assault Beatrice by touching her private parts
and thereby committed an offence punishable
under Section 134 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.”
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty
before the magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Adelaja, who
admitted him to bail in the sum of N50,000,
with two sureties in like sum.
“The sureties must tender to the court
evidence of tax payment and their residential
addresses for verification,” she added.
She adjourned the case till March 23, 2015 for
mention.