A 19-year-old Raped An 80-year-old Blind Woman

A Yaba chief magistrate’s court in Lagos,
yesterday, held that a teenager, Avoseh Satingo, has a case
to answer in the alleged rape of an 80-year-old blind
woman.
It, therefore, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison
custody.

Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa made this known following
advice by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions
(DPP).
She said the DPP advised that a prima facie case had been
established against 19-year-old Satingo.
The Police had on March 24 charged the teenager with
raping an octogenarian on her bed.
The prosecutor, ASP Godwin Anyanwu, told the court that
the accused, who resides at the Cele Church Bus Stop,
Bilewu Oshoffa area, Agbovipe village, Badagry, raped the
grandmother in her room.

According to him, Satingo committed the offence on
February 17 at 1p.m.
He said: “Satingo took advantage of the condition of the
blind complainant and raped her on her bed.
“He was apprehended by members of the community who
sighted him coming out of his victim’s room as she cried for
help.”
He said the offence contravened Sections 258 and 259 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The court had, in March, adjourned the case pending the
DPP’s advice.