Crimes

Lecturer arraigned for alleged sexual assault in Lagos

A 47-year-old senior lecturer, Rasaq Kareem, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged sexual assault.

The police charged Kareem, who lives in Agege, Lagos with sexual assault.

The prosecution counsel, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the lecturer committed the offence on November 22, 2022, at the Lagos State Science and Technology, Ikorodu, Lagos,

Akeem said the 19-year-old complainant went to the defendant‘s office to submit an assignment and he shut the door.

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The police said the defendant attempted to remove the woman’s clothes and when she resisted, he forced her hands on his private part.

Akeem added that the defendant touched the woman’s breast.

The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 264 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Chief Magistrate, B. O Osunsanmi, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Osunsanmi, therefore, adjourned the case until March 16 for legal advice from the office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.

The Star

News Agency of Nigeria

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