[Mhiz Rebecca]

Two men has been arrested for repeatedly defiling
a 7year old girl at Sanusi Street in Shomolu, Lagos,
both sexually abused the girl, their neighbour's
daughter separately and were each not aware that
the other was doing the same thing.
The suspects, Mr. Osuntunbo Dare, 42 and Idowu
Gbolahan, 29, started abusing the little girl in 2017
continued into 2018 until the girl's mother
suspected, checked her private part and found out
her daughter had been defiled.
It was at this point that the girl opened up and
fingered Dare and Gbolahan as the culprits.
Investigation revealed that Dare was the first to
begin assaulting the girl in 2017. Then in 2018,
Gbolahan joined to rape the girl on multiple
occasions. Both men threatened the girl not to
reveal their actions to anyone.
Their wives were also informed and the girl
confirmed to the women that their husbands had
been sexually assaulting her.
It was at the police station that Dare and Gbolahan
discovered that they were both sleeping with the
victim after the girl confronted them before the
police.
They were found culpable and charged before the
Ogba Magistrates court for the alleged offence. The
court ordered them to be remanded in prison
without taking their plea.
The matter was adjourned till September 24, 2018.