Nigeria: Suspected Homosexual in Court for Assaulting 11-Year-Old Boy

16 May 2012

An Apapa Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos has granted bail to a 35-year old man, Prosper Oguchi, who was arraigned for allegedly forcefully having unnatural sexual assault on 11-year-old boy through his anus. Chief Magistrate Amos Adeyemi granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 with one surety in like sum, directing that the surety should show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

The accused, who is of no fixed address, is facing a one-count charge of unnatural carnal knowledge but pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him before the open court.

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