Five students of the University of Lagos were, today (Tuesday) remanded in the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court for allegedly gang-raping a female undergraduate of the institution.
Although other members of the gang were said to be at large, Justice Abiola Solayode ordered Moboluwaji Omowole, 19; Chuka Chukwu, 19; Peace Nwankama; 19, James Aguedu 20 and Osemeka Josephine, 20 be remanded.
According to ‘The Nation’, they were arraigned on a three-count charge of defilement of a child, permitting the defilement of a child on a premises and procuration.
The lead state prosecutor, Mrs. K.A Momoh-Ayokambi, said the defendants alongside others committed the offences in January 2017 at UNILAG, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos.
Led in evidence by Momoh-Ayokambi, the survivor told the court that she became friends with Nwankama (the third defendant) who was her roommate when she moved into the school hostel at the inception of the 2016/2017 academic session.
She alleged that it was Nwankama who lured her to be gang-raped by the defendants, who was one of the three friends she made while sharing same room with her in the hostel.
She added that parents of some of the accused attempted to pacify her parents with between N3m and N5m, which they, however, rejected.
