The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has recommended the trial of an employee of ExxonMobil, Ikenna Onuoha, charged...
The Lagos State Directorate of Public
Prosecutions has recommended the trial of an employee of ExxonMobil,
Ikenna Onuoha, charged with raping a 14-year-old niece of his tenant.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Jamiu Alako, a senior Counsel from the Office of the Public Defender, informed the Igbosere
Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday that the recommendation by the DPP
for the trial was ready.
“The case has been transferred to the state High Court, Igbosere ,’’ he added.
The accused was arraigned on January 14 on four counts bordering on forcible and unlawful sexual intercourse.
He had pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in the sum of N2m with two sureties in like sum.
The magistrate, Mrs. O. A. Ogunbowale,
adjourned the case till April 19, 2016, for the court to be presented
with documents confirming the transfer of the case from the Magistrates’
Court to the High Court.
She ordered that all pending applications should be filed before the High Court.
Counsel for the accused, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, had urged the court to bar the DPP from making public statements about the case.
Source: The Punch
