The Kwara State Juvenile Court has remanded a 15-year-old boy who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl at Oro-Ago, in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.
Reports stated that the teenager trapped the victim who had gone swimming with four other girls in a local stream in the area.
He then chased the girls from the stream and caught up with the victim, who fell while running.
The suspect, afterwards, had carnal knowledge of the girl.
According to First Information Report, the defendant came out of the bush disguising as a madman.
“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.
FIR noted the matter was reported at the Oro-Ago Police Station by the victim’s father, Musa Mohammed, and was later transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Children Protection Unit for proper investigation.
“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,” reports stated.
The prosecutor, Moshood Adebayo, told the court to remand the defendant following the alleged offences.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mr O.A. Adeniyi, granted the plea of the prosecutor and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Children Reformation Centre, Ilorin.
The case was adjourned till August 31, 2022.
