Heritagenewsng reports that a Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has granted an order to remand one Ajibiowu Seyi in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti for allegedly raping a commercial sex worker.
The order was given by the Chief Magistrate, Michael Faola.
According to the charge, Seyi was reasonably suspected to have committed offence of rape on 24 year old commercial sex worker in Ilupeju Ekiti on 20/10/2021.
The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, requested for the remand order to allow him forward the duplicate case file of the suspect to office of Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
In her statement to the Police, the victim said, she agreed to spent the night with Seyi at a brothel in Ilupeju Ekiti, on agreed sum of N5, 000, only to find out that they are two, the development that led to serious argument between three of them adding that she was beaten and raped.
She said they also collected her phone and a sum of N5, 000.
The matter was later reported at the Police Station, Seyi was arrested while his friend is now at large.
The case runs contrary Ekiti State Gender Based Violence Law.
The case has been adjourned till 13/12/2021 for mention.
