The Kwara State Juvenile Court has remanded a 15-year-old boy who allegedly had forceful carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl at Oro-Ago, in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
The victim and four other girls had apparently gone to swim in a nearby stream when the adolescent reportedly came out of the bush and encountered them.
Africa Today News, New York gathered allegedly ran after the females in the stream before catching up with the victim, who had fallen.
According to reports, the suspect had sexual contact with the girl.
The police first information report states that the defendant emerged from the bush while acting insanely disguised himself.
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‘The girls were running towards their house for safety before the victim fell where the defendant struggled with her and eventually had forceful intercourse with her,’ the report said.
The FIR also said the matter was reported at the Oro-Ago Police Station by the victim’s father, Musa Mohammed, and it was subsequently transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Children Protection Unit for discreet investigation.
The report also revealed that ‘the medical report obtained from ECWA
‘Community Health Initiative, Oro-Ago, confirmed that there were bruises, forceful penetration, and bleeding from the victim’s private parts.’
The prosecutor, Moshood Adebayo, urged the court to remand the defendant based on the alleged offences.
The Presiding Magistrate in the Kwara court, Mr O.A. Adeniyi, granted the request of the prosecutor and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Children Reformation Centre, Ilorin.
The matter was adjourned till August 31, 2022.