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James Onuoha, the 42-year-old staff of Mobil Producing Nigeria (ExxonMobil), who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl in the Ajah area of Lagos State, has been arraigned at an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court.
DAILY POST recalls that the engineer, who is also the landlord of the house where the victim’s guardians live, gave the girl N1, 000 to pacify her after he allegedly had canal knowledge of her and cautioned her against revealing what transpired between them.
But a three-year-old daughter of the tenant, who witnessed the rape, was said to have exposed the suspect and the case was subsequently reported at the Langbasa Police Division and later transferred to the Zone 2 Police Command.
The Zone 2 Police Command, Thursday, arraigned James on four counts of rape and indecent assault.
The Investigating Police Officer, Stephen Agbonedeso, said the incident happened on Samuel Amoore Street, Idowu Estate, Oke-Ira Nla, Ajah.
The charges read in part, “That you, Onuoha James, on January 4, 2016, at about 11.30am, on Samuel Amoore Street, Idowu Estate, Oke-Ira Nla, Ajah, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, willfully did an indecent act to one (name withheld), thereby committing an offence.
“That you did have unlawful sexual intercourse with one (name withheld) without her consent, thereby committing an offence.”
