An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded Emmanuel Abdon, Victor Talofari and Leonard Justice, following their arraignment for allegedly abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl.Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi refused to take the defendants’ plea “because this court lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
”Prosecuting Inspector Rachael Donny said the defendants committed the offence on January 30 at the Army Cantonment, Ikeja.She alleged that the defendants abducted the girl from her guardian, lodged her in their house and had sex with her.She alleged that the defendants locked the girl in a room and raped her for four days.She said the girl’s guardian reported the case to the police and the defendants were arrested.