78-year-old man arrested for raping 11year old girl......SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that the police in Lagos have arrested a
78-year-old man, Alhaji Dauda Adebowale, for allegedly raping an
11-year-old girl, Remilekun (not real name).
Firstclass newsline learnt that the horrible incident was said to have
happened in Pen Cinema, in the Agege area of the state.
Firstclass newsline learnt that sometime in June 2015, Remilekun was
passing by a shop where the old man, who hails from Abeokuta, Ogun
State, lived when he called to send her on an errand.
When she returned, he was said to have dragged her into the shop and
raped her, threatening to kill her if she divulged the act to anyone.
He was said to be living alone in the shop.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Adebowale cashed in on the minor's
fear and thereafter raped her on several occasions.
However, trouble started for the suspect on Sunday, August 2, when
Remilekun, who was reportedly sleeping beside her mother in the
afternoon of the fateful day, suddenly woke up, shouting 'penis,
penis' to the amazement of the mother.
The woman, who did not want her name in print, said haggard-looking
Remilekun opened up to her after she pestered her.
She said, "On that Sunday, I was ill and was sleeping. She also slept
beside me. She suddenly cried out, shouting, 'penis, penis, penis'. I
was shocked. When I asked her what happened, she said it was a man on
our street that had been having sex with her.
"I followed her to the man's house. Some boys confronted him and he
confessed to them. I then reported him at the Area G Police Command in
Ogba and he was arrested. I took my daughter to a hospital for tests
because she has become lean. The medical result showed that her vagina
had been tampered with and I have given it to the police."
The victim, a primary two pupil, who spoke with the source in Yoruba,
said she could not count the number of time the septuagenarian had
raped her, adding that she dared the threat because she could no
longer bear the harassment.
She said, "I was passing by a shop on our street one Saturday
afternoon when he called me. He was sitting outside the shop and told
me to help him bring a document inside the shop. I was about to leave
after I gave him the document when he dragged me inside and locked the
door.
"He covered my mouth and raped me. He threatened to kill me if I told
anybody. The following day, he called me again and repeated the same
thing. I can't remember how many times he had sex with me. Whenever I
told him I would tell my mother, he would say I was playing with my
life.
"When I could no longer bear it, I opened up to a woman in our area
and she promised that she would make sure the man was evicted from the
shop.
"It was few days after that my mother said she heard me shout 'penis'
while I was asleep."
Remilekun's sister, Tokunbo (not real name) said she had narrowly
escaped being trapped by the suspect not knowing that her younger
sister had fallen victim.
She said, "He called me two weeks ago and told me that he liked me. He
promised to take care of me if I cooperated.
"I said I did not understand and managed to run away. I told my mother
when I got home and she warned me to stay off his reach."
The suspect was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court on three
counts bordering on rape.
The charges read in part, "That you, Alhaji Dauda Adebowale, 78,
sometime in 2015, at a shop in Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos, in the Ikeja
Magisterial District, did have sexual intercourse with one 11-year-old
girl.
"That you, within the same period and place in the aforementioned
magisterial district, did sexually assault one 11-year-old girl."
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges which,
according to the police, contravene sections 137, 166 and 257 of the
Criminal Law II, Vol. 44 of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The presiding magistrate, Mr. T. Elias, granted the defendant bail in
the sum of N1m with two sureties each in like sum.
While adjourning the matter till September 2, 2015, Elias ordered that
the man be kept in prison custody pending the time he would be able to
perfect his bail.
Firstclassnewsline.net