Ilesha: High chief charged with rape of minors
A 60-year-old Ilesa high chief, Mr. Moses Adeniyi, has been arraigned before an Ilesa Magistrate's Court for allegedly raping two 13-year-old girls (names withheld).
Adeniyi is the Head, Otokobo community of Ilesa.
According to the charge sheet read in court on Monday, Adeniyi allegedly committed the offence sometime in May, 2010 at Princeway Hotel located in Olomilagba area of Ilesa.
He owns the hotel.
The charge sheet stated that the high chief also attempted to have canal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl (name withheld), on the same date and venue.
Police prosecutor, Mr. Odekunle Ogundeji, opposed the bail application by the defence counsel, Mr. Boye Williams.
Williams explained that the suspect remained innocent until the contrary was proved before the court.
Ogundeji said one of the rape victims had been having problems with her stomach since the alleged rape and that despite being taken to the hospital for treatment, the pains had not subsided.
But Williams, who disproved the rape allegation, claimed there was a political mischief in the allegation against Adeniyi..
The magistrate, Mr. A. Adebayo, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100,000 and two sureties each, adding that the residences of the sureties must be within Ilesa magisterial district.
Adjourning the case till August 23, 2010, Adebayo stressed that the residences of the sureties must also be verified by the police.
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