A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti ordered on Friday that 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, accused of raping a 65-year-old woman, be remanded in a correctional center pending legal advice.
Abajigbin faces charges of rape, brought by the police.
Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon, who did not take Mr. Abajigbin’s plea, instructed the police to forward the case file to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Ekiti for legal advice.
The case has been adjourned until July 31 for mention.
Earlier, prosecution counsel Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi informed the court that Mr. Abajigbin allegedly committed the offense in April 2024 at Ipole Iloro-Ekiti.
Mr Adeniyi alleged that the victim told the suspect to help her fumigate her farm.
”When the suspect got to the farm, he called the victim to bring the chemical to the site. On getting to the farm, he raped her,” the prosecutor said.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened section 265(2) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
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