coder A 52-year-old man, Chukwuma
Eze, was on Wednesday
charged before an Ikeja Chief
Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for
allegedly raping his daughter.

The accused, a driver, who
resides at No. 2, Agbeke Close,
Iyana -Era, Badagry-Express
way, a suburb of Lagos, is
facing a charge of rape.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael
Donny, told the court that the
offence was committed in June
2016 at the accused’s
residence.

“The accused raped his 17-
year-old daughter and
threatened to kill her if she tells
anyone.

“The victim’s mother was
separated from her father and
because of this, she stays with
her mother and goes to her
father for holidays.

“When the victim got to her
mother’s house, she told her
what happened,’’ he said.

Donny said that the accused
was later apprehended by the
police.

The offence contravened
Section 259 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, entered
a “not guilty’’ plea.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs
Davies Abegunde, granted the
accused bail in the sum of
N500, 000 with two sureties in
like sum.

Abegunde adjourned the case
to March 22, for advice from
the Office of the Lagos State
Directorate of Public
Prosecutions.