We Had Sex Twice By Mutual Consent ─ 14-year- old

We Had Sex Twice By Mutual Consent ─ 14-year-
old

A 14-year-old girl, Jibola (pseudonym), has said
she willingly had sex in a hotel on Omotolu Street,
Amukoko, Lagos State, with one Abib Muftau,
who had been dating her since 2014.
The girl made the confession after the police
arrested 19-year-old Muftau, for unlawfully having
a carnal knowledge of her.
The suspect was also accused of conniving with
one other person at large, around 7pm on May 2,
to detain the girl at his residence on Adejinyan
Street, where he reportedly had another round of
sex with her.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the minor returned
home late on the fateful day and was quizzed by
her mother. It was learnt that she eventually
divulged her whereabouts to the mother, who
reported the incident at the Amukoko Police
Station, leading to Muftau’s arrest.
The police said Muftau made love with Jibola
sometime in October and December, 2014, without
her parents’ consent. It was also said he lured
her into the relationship with a marriage promise.
In her statement, Jibola said she and the suspect
had been dating each other for eight months. She
also stated that Muftau did not have sex with her
under duress.
She said, “I know Abib (Muftau). He lives on
Adejinyan Street, Amukoko. He started dating me
last year September and since our relationship
started, he had made love with me twice. The
first time was in a hotel on Omotolu Street,
Amukoko. It was one hour he booked for and he
paid N500. He only did it once.
“In October, 2014, he had sex with me again in
his room when his mother, brothers and sisters
were not around. On May 2, I was in the house
when he came around evening and asked me to
follow him to his house.”
Muftau was arraigned in an Apapa Magistrate’s
Court on three counts bordering on unlawful
sexual intercourse and abduction, which according
to the police, are punishable under sections 409,
267 and 258 (2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State of Nigeria, 2011.
The charges read in part, “That you, Abib Muftau,
and one other at large on May 2, 2015, at about
7pm on Adejinyan Street, Amukoko, in the Apapa
Magisterial District, did conspire to commit felony
to wit; abduction.
“That you, and one other person at large, on the
same date, time and place, in the aforementioned
magisterial district, did abduct a 14-year-old girl
from lawful protection of her parents without their
consent and detained her with intent to have
sexual intercourse with her.
“That you, sometime in October and December,
2014 at a hotel and at your residence on
Adenjiyan Street did have sexual intercourse with
Jibola with fraudulent representation that you
want to marry her.”
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
He was admitted to bail by the presiding
magistrate, Mr. P.A. Adekomaya, in the sum of
N10,000 with one surety in like sum. The case
was adjourned till May 28, 2015 .