The Lagos State Government has said that in spite of a letter of withdrawal by the complainant in a rape case, it was determined to bring the two defendants to justice.
The defendants are Don-Chima, 25, and Rasak, 28, both dropouts from Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo in Ogun State.
“At the last adjourned date, my lord said that the state should get feedback from the Ministry of Justice on how to proceed with this case. Under cross-examination, the complainant denied that she, her father and her two friends demanded N50 million from the defendants’ parents to withdraw her allegations of rape.She also denied making false allegations against the defendants when payments for the alleged N50 million were not met.
Recalling when her friends confronted the defendants at the De-Lankaster Hotel over the rape allegation, the complainant denied seeing her friends beat up Don-Chima and Rasak. “There was police personnel who was with us at the police station and there were several cars driven to the hotel.
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