A
Lagos resident held down another man and raped him, a police prosecutor told an
Abule Egba Magistrates’ Court Tuesday.
The
prosecutor, Rachael Williams, alleged that the accused, a male, had drugged his
victim before raping him.
“When
the complainant woke up, his anus was paining him and there was some left-over
semen in it,” she said.
The
accused, 38-year-old Sali Malu, a gatekeeper, lives at 31, Peace Estate, Ipaja,
a suburb of Lagos.
According
to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), he is facing a two-count
charge of sexual assault and causing a breach of peace.
The
accused pleaded not guilty to the charge of raping a fellow gatekeeper and
breach of peace.
Williams
said the offences were committed on March 23 in the house of the accused.
“The
complainant, who is also a gatekeeper in the estate, went to the room of the
accused to charge his phone.
“The
accused gave him food to eat. The man did not know that the food had been laced
with drug.
“After
eating the food, he slept off only to wake up to the reality that he had been
raped,” she told the court.
The
offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene Section 166 (d) and 259 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Ruling
on the bail application of the accused, the Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, granted
the accused a bail of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case has been adjourned until May 5 for mention
The case has been adjourned until May 5 for mention