Mist Read: Mechanic jailed for raping, impregnating 15-year

An Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos State, on Thursday, remanded a 30-year-old mechanic, Soliu Arolu, who allegedly raped and impregnated a teenager, in prison.
The Magistrate, Mrs T.O. Shomade, ordered the accused to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison and adjourned the case till January 27 when the bail application would be heard.
Arolu, a mechanic, who lives at 2, Adewusi Lane, off Ajegunle Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge bordering on rape. The prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Eigbokhon, told the court that the offences were committed sometime in September 2015 at the residence of the accused.
According to the prosecutor, the accused stays in the same compound with the victim, a 15-year-old."It was when the victim's mother discovered that she was pregnant that she told her that it was the accused that raped her," he said.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened sections 137 and 263(1) (2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.