Man Remanded for Raping 10-Year-Old to Death in Ondo

An Ondo State Magistrate Court has Remanded a 29-year-old farmer for Raping a 10-year-old girl to death in Akinfosile Community, Okitipupa Loca government area of the state.

The farmer, identified as Israel Kumuyi was arrested in February 2021 by the Police, after the victim, identified as Esther Friday died while the suspect was having sex with her.

It was gathered that the incident happened on the second of February.

The suspect, however, claimed that he mistakenly suffocated the victim while using cloth to cover her mouth to stop her from crying for help.

He reportedly told police interrogators that he had no girlfriend and developed sexual urge when the victim followed him to his room.

According to him, “I didn’t mean to rape her, but when she slept with me on bed. I felt aroused and decided to quickly have sexual intercourse with her.”

“I did not force her to have sex. We were together on the bed. Trouble started when I was trying to put my penis inside her vagina, it did not enter very well.”

“My penis did not penetrate despite all my efforts to make sure I insert it. It did not fully enter. I covered her mouth with my cover cloth so that she could not raise alarm, she was crying, but nobody could hear or come for her help.”

He said the corpse of Esther was in his room from 4:30pm till 6pm when it was discovered.

The Police prosecutor, Inspector Uloh Goodluck, said the offence contravened sections 316, 319(1) of the Criminal Code Cap 37, Vol. 1 Laws of the Ondo State of Nigeria 2006.

The prosecutor claimed that Ikumuyi lured the victim into his room with the promise of giving her N100 and forcefully had sex with her while Esther’s family was searching for her.

Goodluck urged the court to remand the accused person to prison custody, pending the outcome of the legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecution.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the offence but his plea was not taken.

The presiding magistrate, Tope Aladejana, ordered that the defendant should be remanded in Owo Correctional Service Centre pending the outcome of the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution. He adjourned the case till May 3, 2021 for mention.