The police have arraigned 25-year-old painter, Hamzat Afeez, for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. He was arraigned on one count of rape at the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The victim was said to have followed Afeez into his room in a bid to play with her sister.Our correspondent was told that the suspect raped her.She was said to have narrated the incident to her parents, who alerted policemen from the Gowon Estate Police Station.
The suspect, in an attempt to cover up the case, offered to compensate the victim’s family with N100, 000 as payment for her medical bills.
He was said to have been subsequently granted bail by the police but was arrested again after a a non-governmental organisation, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, intervened
He was arraigned on one count of rape.