Student in prison custody pending over rape

What's the thing with rape in Nigeria?

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court in Karu,
FCT on Wedneday, ordered that a student, Fidelis
Ojor, 19, be remanded in Keffi Prison, pending ruling
in a bail application.
Ojor is arraigned for attempted rape of a minor.
Senior Magistrate, Anna Akobi, fixed the date after
hearing an oral bail application by the counsel to the
accused, Mr Sunny Egbaji.
Akobi fixed April 4 for ruling in the bail application.
Ealier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Bulus Samuel, told the
court that Ojor, who lives behind Gowon Barracks,
Abuja, lured a three-year-old girl into his house
where he attempted to defy her.
Samuel alleged that the case was reported at the
police station on Jan. 21 by Mr Chibueze Okereke,
the girl’s father.
He further alleged that the accused forcefully
inserted his finger into the minor’s private part,
leaving her with bruises and severe pains.
He said that the offence contravened section 285 of
the Penal Code, which prescribed a seven-year jail
term for attempted rape.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Counsel to the accused, Egbaji, made an oral bail
application, stating that “the accused is a promising
young man, who has unfortunately become a victim
of this allegation’’.
But the prosecutor objected to the application on the
ground that offences bordering on rape were not
ordinarily bailable, adding that investigation was still
on-going.
He stated that the police were still awaiting results
of the medical test carried out on the victim from
the hospital.
“Granting him bail could affect our investigation as
we are not magicians to fabricate facts.
“Besides, the accused had earlier been arraigned on
the same matter at the Upper Area Court in Karu
and the prosecutor applied for withdrawal of the
case which was granted.
“The prosecutor re-arrested the accused, who was
in police custody for more than two weeks, before
he was brought to this court today.