–Samuel Onochie was accused of sexually accosting a married woman
–The law diploma graduate was apprehended by police officers
–He pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault
Samuel Onochie, a law diploma graduate has been apprehended by Lagos state police officers after he allegedly sexually assaulted a pregnant woman
The Punch reports that the pregnant woman whose name was not revealed was passing through Jakande, in the Eti-Osa local government area on Sunday, January 23 by 6am when Onochie allegedly surprised her.
The 34 year old graduate grabbed her, forced her to the floor and stripped her wrapper. He was trying to penetrate her when her cries attracted a passerby who stopped the act.
The man held her while the pregnant woman rushed to the Ilasan police division which led to the arrest of the assailant.
A police source said: “It is very disturbing that a man could commit such an act, especially with a pregnant woman. As if it was not enough, he did it in broad daylight. He has not been able to tell us why he committed the act.”
The suspect was arraigned before a Tinubu magistrate’s court on Wednesday, January 27 on one count of sexual assault by Inspector Philip Osijale, police prosecutor.
The charge read: “That you, Samuel Onochie, 34, on January 24, 2016, at about 6am, at Jakande, Lekki, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did sexually assault one Esther, by inserting your finger into her private parts, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty by the magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi in the sum of N100, 000 and two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till Monday, March 14 and the magistrate ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison pending the time he would perfect his bail conditions.
In a related development,for more than two years after he threatened that she would run mad if she divulged the secret.
–The law diploma graduate was apprehended by police officers
–He pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault
Samuel Onochie, a law diploma graduate has been apprehended by Lagos state police officers after he allegedly sexually assaulted a pregnant woman
Samuel Onochie Image/The Punch
The 34 year old graduate grabbed her, forced her to the floor and stripped her wrapper. He was trying to penetrate her when her cries attracted a passerby who stopped the act.
The man held her while the pregnant woman rushed to the Ilasan police division which led to the arrest of the assailant.
A police source said: “It is very disturbing that a man could commit such an act, especially with a pregnant woman. As if it was not enough, he did it in broad daylight. He has not been able to tell us why he committed the act.”
The suspect was arraigned before a Tinubu magistrate’s court on Wednesday, January 27 on one count of sexual assault by Inspector Philip Osijale, police prosecutor.
The charge read: “That you, Samuel Onochie, 34, on January 24, 2016, at about 6am, at Jakande, Lekki, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did sexually assault one Esther, by inserting your finger into her private parts, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty by the magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi in the sum of N100, 000 and two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till Monday, March 14 and the magistrate ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison pending the time he would perfect his bail conditions.
In a related development,for more than two years after he threatened that she would run mad if she divulged the secret.
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