Man Allegedly Robs & Rapes Teenage Girl At Gunpoint

An Ikeja Magistrates Court on Friday remanded a 27- year-old unemployed man, Saliu Alowonle, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly robbing and raping a teenage girl at gunpoint.<br><br>The magistrate, Mrs Emeka Opara, ordered that Alowonle should be kept behind bars, pending the receipt of legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs).<br><br>Opara adjourned the case until June 24 for mention; and she refused to take the plea of the defendant.<br><br>Alowonle who reisdes at No. 1, Olowolayemo St., Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, is facing charges of armed robbery, conspiracy and rape.<br><br>Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Innocent Odugbo, had told the court that the defendant and two others currently at large committed the offences on April 7 at Odogunyan area of Ikorodu.<br><br>Odugbo said that the complaint, a teenage girl and her younger brother, were outside their compound at night when the defendant and his gangs appeared and pointed a gun at them.<br><br>The defendant and his accomplice led the complainant and her brother to a nearby bush; raped the girl at a gunpoint, collected her pant and her mobile phone valued at N23,000 and escaped.<br><br>&quot;With the help of the vigilance group, the defendant was arrested while others are still at large, he said.<br><br>The offences contravene Sections 260, 296 and 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State (NAN).<br><br><a href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/man-allegedly-robs-rapes-teenage-girl-at-gunpoint/">https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/man-allegedly-robs-rapes-teenage-girl-at-gunpoint/</a>
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