The Lagos State Government re-arraigned five students of the University of Lagos on Thursday for allegedly gang-raping a 17-year-old student of the institution .
They were initially arraigned on February 26 and had pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of defilement of a child, permitting the defilement of a child on a premises, and procuration. According to Jide Martins, a Director in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions , the defendants committed the offences sometime in 2017 at UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos.
“Nwankama, Aguedo and Osameka between the months of January to March 2017 were into the procuration of young girls for the purpose of defilement. Following their re-arraignment, Adebisi Ademuwagun, the defence counsel to Omowole in view of the new charges, requested for an adjournment in order to re-strategise.
“When the penalty for which the first defendant is charged is heavy which is life imprisonment, it isn’t our intention to delay the trial but it is our duty to assist this court in its duties.
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