A couple, Okechukwu Onubogu and
wife, Gloria, who allegedly defiled and assaulted their 10-year-old
house help, were on Wednesday brought before a Surulere Chief
Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.The accused – Onubogu, 54 and Gloria, 45 – pleaded not guilty to the the
six-count bordering on defilement, assault, inhuman treatment, indecent
treatment, and unlawful s*xual intercourse brought against them.
The couple, who reside at No. 119, Lawanson Road, Itire, Lagos, were released on a N400,000 bail.
The
Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, said Onubogu committed the
offence of defilement sometime in April in the night, while his wife
committed the offence of inhuman treatment of the housemaid between
April and September 2 at their residence.
Sgt. Osayande alleged that the husband had s*xual inter-course with the 10-year-old housekeeper and also caused her bodily harm.
“The
woman, on her part, had beaten the girl, causing her grievous harm and
also failed to supply her the basic necessities of life. She started
maltreating her since she got to know that her husband had defiled me,”
she told the court.
The offences contravened sections 137, 173, 245, 247 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2015.
According
to NAN, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A. Ipaye-Nwachukwu, however, granted
the man bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum; and
also granted the wife N200,000 bail on self-recognition since she is
nursing a seven-month-old baby.
Ipaye said one of the sureties
must be a community leader or a cleric in Lagos, while the other must be
a civil servant on Grade Level 14.
In addition, the sureties must provide evidence of tax payment to Lagos State Government.
The
magistrate ordered that the 10-year-old girl be taken to the hospital
for treatment and thereafter kept at Correctional Centre for Girls in
Lagos, pending her reunion with her family members.
The court adjourned the case till November 11 pending advice from Director of Public Prosecutions.
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