A graduate of the University of Lagos who has been accused of raping some female students, has rejected parts of the police statement.
An alumnus of the University of Lagos, John Otema, who is standing trial
for alleged rape of some female students of the institution, has denied
voluntarily making parts of his purported confessional statement to the
Police.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Fred Onyeka, counsel to
Otema, on Monday, contested the statement being tendered in evidence at
the resumed hearing of the case at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and
Domestic Violence Court.
Onyeka said that an addendum of six lines, where his client admitted to
having unlawful sexual intercourse with Student Y (name withheld) in his
statement, did not emanate voluntarily from him.
The defence counsel said that Otema was coerced to write that he
voluntarily wrote the contents and was not beaten prior to writing the
statement.
“I am objecting on the ground that the last six lines of this statement
were made on a different date from the first date, which was February 8,
2018.
“Those six lines were obtained through torture of the defendant. It was
obtained involuntarily, my Lord. He was forced to make those
confessions.
“It is a flagrant violation of Section 34(1) (a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended,” Onyeka argued.
Urging the court to look at the proof of evidence, the defence counsel
requested that the court order a trial-within-trial to ascertain the
voluntariness or otherwise of Otema’s alleged confessional statement.
Responding, the lead state prosecutor, Mr. Akin George, urged the court
to allow the prosecution to bring in relevant witnesses to prove the
voluntariness of the confessional statements.
Obliging the request of the defence counsel, Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case until October 30 for trial-within-trial.
NAN reports that Otema is facing three counts bordering on rape and assault occasioning harm.
He is accused of raping two undergraduates of UNILAG.
According to the charge, Otema had sexual intercourse with Student Y
without her consent on January 31, 2018 at his home at No. 6, Ajileye
St., Bariga, Lagos.
Also, on January 17, he had unlawful sexual intercourse with Student X
around the Distance Learning Institute at UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos.
He also allegedly physically assaulted Student X by hitting her several times on the face, strangling her and biting her back.
The offences contravene sections 173 and 260(1)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
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