An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday has imprisoned three men in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly drugging and raping a woman.
Jerry Ikechukwu, 28; Bright Umeh, 45, and Patrick Amajuoye, 52 who are all unemployed and reside in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos were charged with conspiracy, rape, stealing, unlawful possession of stolen items, causing the breach of peace and receiving stolen items by the police.
Magistrate M. C. Ayinde, who did not heed the plea of the suspects, directed that they be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre until Sept. 26, for legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Olusegun Oke, earlier informed the court that the suspects had committed the offence on July 12 at 35, Fadunsi St., Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos.
Oke said that the victim (name withheld) visited Ikechukwu, whom she had met via Facebook.
The prosecutor also stated that the last thing the victim said Ikechukwu offered her was some juice and she slept off.
He said that the suspects had put an overdose of “Super Apeti” drug (a sleeping tablet) into the victim’s juice.
Oke stated that the victim was raped and her Canon 18i Tecno, valued N150,000, was stolen.
“Some wraps of cannabis and different sim cards were found in their possession,” he said.
The prosecutor said that 52 different brands of android phones were also retrieved from them.
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections: 133, 166, 239, 265, 287, 328, 329 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
