Magistrate Court sitting in Benin for allegedly raping a 10 year-old
orphan, Hope Kabiru.
The accused said to be a pastor of an undisclosed church, was said to
have allegedly had unlawful canal knowledge of Hope on 25th of June,
2012 after luring her into his room by sending her to buy noodles for
him.
Narrating her ordeal to the court, the victim said the accused had
raped her on three different occasions and threatened to kill her if
she reported to anyone.
In her testimony before the court, the major witness, grand mother of
the raped victim, Mrs. Mary Akhigbe said Hope who lives with her has
neither father nor mother. She told the court that the accused who
was their neighbor usually send the girl on errand including that
fateful day, adding that in the course of searching for her, she
heard some noise from the bedroom of the accused, and when she peeped
into the room through the window, she saw the victim being sexually
abused by the accused.
Counsel to the accused, Barrister Osa Uwagie, appealed to the court to
grant his client who appeared frail, bail to enable him seek medical
attention before the adjourned date.
The presiding Magistrate, Taye Omoruyi, granted the accused bail with
the bond of N200, 000.00 and a surety who must be a civil servant from
grade level 12, to enable him seek medical attention. Further
hearing on the matter was adjourned to next week Thursday.
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