Man arraigned for molesting, aborting pregnancy for teenage house girl

A 51-year-old man, Mr. Oluseye Sofolahan, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Senior Magistrate‘s Court in Abeokuta for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl.

Sofolahan, who allegedly impregnated the teenager in the process, was also accused of aborting the pregnancy at a private hospital.

However, the teenager, who is Sofolahan‘s house girl, developed complication and she was transferred to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.

The police prosecutor, Mr. Banji Sangotokun, told the court that Sofolahan, an auto mechanic, took advantage of the teenager when his wife travelled for four days on a business trip .

Sangotokun said, “The crime was committed on October 15 and the suspect, who lived at Adatan area of Abeokuta, raped the girl when his wife travelled. When he discovered that the girl was pregnant, he took her to a private hospital in Isabo area of Abeokuta for abortion.

“The abortion was not properly done at the hospital and the girl later developed complication. She was rushed to the FMC in Abeokuta .”

Sofolahan’s lawyer, Mr. Olayinka Omosanya, pleaded that the court should grant the suspect bail.

But Sangotokun objected the bail application on the ground that it took a lot of efforts before the suspect could be arrested.

He said Sofolahan could jump bail if the request was granted, adding that the private hospital’s doctor, who carried out the abortion, was already at large.

The Chief Magistrate of the court, Mr. Ogidi Stanley, ordered that the suspect should be remanded in prison custody.


He adjourned the case to February 9, 2011, and ordered the arrest of the fleeing doctor.