A 20-year-old woman (name withheld) on Wednesday told an Ikeja S3×u@l Offences and Domestic Violence Court that her boyfriend, Victory Tasie, who is standing trial for alleged defil€m3nt, did not r@p€ her.
The witness, while being led in evidence by the state counsel, Olufunke Adegoke, said that Tasie, whom she had a newborn baby with, was her boyfriend.
She also told the court that she was 19 years old when she got pr3gnant and not 16.
“Yes, I know the defendant. He is my boyfriend.
“I am here in this court to say that he did not rape me and he is my boyfriend.
“I was not 16 years old when I got pregnant, I was 19.”
The witness told the court that her aunt reported the case at Langbasa Police Station when she found aunt that she was pregnant.
She, however, said that the defendant did not deny the pregnancy at the station.
The witness further indicted her aunt’s husband for asking her out.
“The human rights police said we should do family planning and that I should start living with Victory but my aunt’s husband said no.
“My aunt’s husband told me he was asking me out and I refused but I went to get pregnant for a wretched boy.
“I did not make any statement at the police station that I was raped,” she said.
During cross-examination by the defence counsel, Rukayat Owolabi, the witness confirmed that there was no forceful intercourse between her and the defendant and that she was 19 years old in 2022.
Tasie is standing a count charge of d3filem3nt, which he pleaded not guilty to.
Tasie was accused of defiling the witness by having unlawful s3xual intercourse with her when she was 16 years old.
Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case until Dec.13 for continuation of trial.
