Man Accused of Kidnapping and Raping Minor Remanded in Custody by Court

 

A 27-year-old man identified as Idris Umai, who is accused of abducting and defiling a teenage girl, has been remanded in a correction center by an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The accused did not take a plea during the court hearing as the Magistrate, Mrs. M.O Tanimola, ordered that he be remanded pending legal advice from the state director of public prosecutions.

The case has been adjourned until May 5th for mention. Umai, who is a resident of Mile 12, Ketu in Lagos, is charged with abduction and defilement.

According to the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Donjour Perezi, Umai committed the alleged offence in October 2022 in Sanusi Estate, Mile 12, Lagos. Perezi alleged that the accused abducted the 17-year-old girl close to her house, while she was on her way back from school.

”The defendant conspired with one Faziya Abubakar, Mohammed Motali, Abubakar Mohammed , Amina Aminu and Aisha Ibrahim all of Mile 12 to abduct the girl,” he said.

According to him, the offence is in violation of sections 173 and 268 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2015.

Section 268 states that “Any person who, with intent to marry or have sexual intercourse with a female of any age, or to cause her to be married, takes her away or detains her against her will is guilty of a felony and is libel to seven years imprisonment if found guilty” (NAN)