The lady in Lekki hotel rape who was drugged and gang-raped by two men on February 3, 2019, has begged for the case against them to be withdrawn.
The Lekki hotel rape victim accused two drop-outs from Babcock University, Don-Chima George and Olusegun Razak, of drugging and raping her at Don-Chima’s father’s hotel in Lekki, Lagos.
The lady has now tendered a request for withdrawal of the case at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday.
The “Letter of Withdraw” read by Justice Abiola Soladoye and dated June 3, 2019, sees the complainant withdrawing from the case due to the sake of her integrity and the intervention from family and friends.
The request was however opposed by the lead prosecutor, Mr Akin George, a Deputy-Director in the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
“We do not have a directive from the office of the Attorney-General (AG). My lord, the Honourable AG is the complainant in this case. In every criminal matter, victims are naturally witnesses and as we speak, there is no AG in office due to the change in power.
“We are also aware of the rules of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) which states that even the Court of Appeal cannot stay an ongoing proceeding.
*Our office initiated this action in court and there has to be a closure one way or the other. My lord, we have submitted issues for the respective decisions of this court.
“We will bring the witness to state her position before the court, while we continue proceedings and await directives from the AG’s office,” George said.
