{"id":4156,"date":"2025-02-12T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=4156"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T10:04:12","slug":"police-officer-remands-over-alleged-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/02\/12\/police-officer-remands-over-alleged-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Officer Remands Over Alleged Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>A police officer, who allegedly defiled a 17-year-old girl at the Ogudu Lagos <a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/pmnewsnigeria.com\/2025\/02\/12\/court-remands-police-officer-for-alleged-rape\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<\/a>Area Command premises, has been remanded in Kirikiri correctional facility after he was arraigned in court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Adejoke Ladenegan-Oginni, the Head of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) said this in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container margin-top margin-bottom\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the statement, the Police officer was arraigned before Magistrate Fagbohun<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the suspect was remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Facility and the case was adjourned to March 11, pending the issuance of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) legal advice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><\/div>\n<p>Ladenegan-Oginni reiterated DSVA\u2019s commitment to ensuring justice and the Lagos State Government\u2019s zero-tolerance stance on sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>She urged everyone to \u201csay something whenever they see something\u201d and to reach out to them via their toll-free line or social media platforms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container margin-top margin-bottom\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_3_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou can reach out to us by calling our toll-free line 08000-333-333 or send a DM to @lagosdsva on all social media platforms,\u201d Ladenegan-Oginni said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on June 29, when the girl, who had reported her phone stolen, was allegedly tricked by the officer, Owolabi, into visiting his office, where she was allegedly raped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A police officer, who allegedly defiled a 17-year-old girl at the Ogudu Lagos \u00a0Area Command premises, has been remanded in Kirikiri correctional facility after he was arraigned in court on Tuesday. Mrs Adejoke Ladenegan-Oginni,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4158,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4156\/revisions\/4158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}