Nigerian upcoming musicians arraigned for raping teenager

Two upcoming musicians have been charged before an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defiling a 17 year-old girl.

Ekene Ozor, 24, and Daniel Eni, 21, are standing trial before Magistrate M.B. Folami for allegedly forcing their pe..nis into the mouth and v..agina of Nancy Amaka.

Prosecuting Corporal Oladejo Balogun told the court that the accused committed the crime on August 5, about 12pm at 10, Joe Ejeye Street, Ejigbo.

He said they conspired to s..exually penetrate into the v..agina and mouth of Nancy Nkechi Abia Amaka.

Balogun said the offences contravened Sections 409 and 259 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos 2011.

According to NigerianEye's findings, Ekene invited the victim who had just finished secondary school for a musical video shoot and when she came, instead of taking her to the location, he locked her inside his room.

After locking his door and removing the keys, the first accused allegedly forced the victim to remove her clothes and started taking nude pictures of her.

“When he had finished snapping me, he said he was going to post my naked pictures on the Internet if I refused to suck his p..enis,” Amaka told the court.

She said after having s..ex with her, Ekene went and called his friend, who also had his turn and they threatened to expose her pictures if she refused to comply.

After they had satisfied themselves she said, the victim seized her ATM card in a bid to extort money from her, and to blackmail her.

She said she told her parents about the incident and they reported the case at the Ejigbo Police Station, following which they were arrested.

The accused pleaded not guilty and were granted N500,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

Folami adjourned the matter till August 31.