AN Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 24- year-old man, Ebuka Ibe, who resides at 16, Eyitayo St., Ajao Estate, Lagos, in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his neighbour.
According to media reports, during the hearing on Tuesday, the Magistrate, F. D Hughes, did not take Ibe’s plea for want in the jurisdiction.
She adjourned the case until April 17 for legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution.
The prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Mishozunnu, told the court that the offence was committed on February 18 at the defendant’s residence.
The prosecutor said that Ibe raped his neighbour, a 20- year-old woman while she was asleep, stating that Ibe crawled into the victim’s bed at night and raped her.
Mishozunnu said that the victim’s neighbours called for help.
The offences, the prosecutor said, contravened the provisions of Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.