Lagos Sexual Offences Court frees 23-year-old student charged with defiling girlfriend

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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted a 23-year-old student, Victory Tasie, charged with defiling his girlfriend.

In a ruling on a “no-case’’ submission filed by Defence Counsel, Mrs Rukayat Owolabi, dated March 19, Presiding Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution failed to discharge the burden of proof of defilement against Tasie.

Alleged survivor of Tasie’s defilement, the girlfriend, had testified before the court that she was born on April 12, 2003. Lagos State Government had accused Tasie of defiling the alleged survivor sometimes in January 2022 when she was 16 years old, according to the charge sheet. “I know the defendant. He is my boyfriend. I am here in this court to say that he did not rape me. I was 19 years old when I got pregnant and not 16 years old,’’ she testified.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.

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