Teenager Arrested For Trying To Penetrate 2 Year Old

A teenage boy, who allegedly attempted to rape a
two-year-old girl in a toilet, was yesterday brought
up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The 17-year-old student, who lives with his pastor
at Akinsola Street, Dopemu, a suburb of Lagos, is
facing a charge of attempt to commit rape.
The prosecutor, Insp. Racheal Williams, told the
court that the offence was committed on July 29 at
the accused’s residence.
“The mother of the victim heard her daughter’s cry
and traced where she was. She found her inside
the toilet with the accused and with semen on her
daughter’s thigh.
“It was later discovered that when the accused
could not penetrate, he released the semen on the
child,” she said.
The offence, according to the prosecutor,
contravenes Section 260 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
section prescribes fourteen years for the offence.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
The chief magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, granted
the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two
sureties in like sum.
He also ordered that the accused should be
remanded until the bail was perfected and
adjourned the case to Sept. 2 for mention. (NAN)