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Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Man Assaults 9-Yr-Old Girl In Ogun, Infects Her With HIV

A 29-year-old man, Morufu Sofoluwe, has been remanded in prison for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old neighbor’s daughter and infecting her with HIV.

The Punch reports that the matter which is in court was attended to by an Abeokuta chief magistrates’ court earlier today, Wednesday, September, 9.
During the court proceedings, the prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Eigbejiale, intimated the court about how the accused carried out the act  told the court that the offence sometime July at Isale-Abetu in Abeokuta.
Eigbejiale said the accused person deceived the victim, whose parents were his neighbor into his room and had carnal knowledge of her.
“The nine-year-old girl, who had been sick for a while, was taken to the hospital on August 28, where some tests were carried out and the results indicated that she has HIV. “After questioning, the victim later told her parents that the accused was the one that raped her. The accused had also been diagnosed of HIV,” the prosecutor said.
This offence negates section 218 of the criminal laws of Ogun state, 2006. The court however did not take the plea of the accused. The chief magistrate, Mr Anthony Araba, ordered that the accused to be remanded in Oba Prison pending the advice by the Director of Public Prosecution. Araba adjourned the case till October 30.

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