Rape: Osun Court reminds school driver


A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Monday, remanded a 27-year- old man, Oluwatomisin Oyelakin, a school bus Driver, in prison, for allegedly raping a 4-year- old pupil.
The Prosecutor, Mr. Temitope Fatoba, told the court that the accused person committed the purported crime on January 15, 2019, at about 4:00pm.
The prosecution alleged that the accused rape the infant who was the last pupil in his bus while going to drop the pupil.
He said the alleged offence contravened the provision of sections 360 and 218 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol.11, laws of Osun state, 2003.
The plea of the accused person was not taken by the court. He did not have legal representation.
The Magistrate, Mrs Rofiat Olayemi, thereby ordered the defendant to be remanded in prison custody due to the magnitude of the offense committed.

She directed the accused to get a lawyer to file formal bail application. She adjourned the matter to February 28, for mention.

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