Man remanded for alleged defilement of under-aged
(Nigeria) For allegedly defiling a three-year-old girl by
inserting one of his fingers into her vagina, Obinna Obaji, 23, on Monday was
remanded in prison by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court, Lagos.
Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias remanded the accused at the
Kirikiri Prison, Lagos and adjourned the case till March 7 for ruling on bail
application.
The accused, also a trader, who lives at 32, Orisumbare St.,
Iyana Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of sexual assault.
The prosecutor, Insp Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that
the accused committed the offence on February 21 at his residence.
Aigbokhan said that the accused was living in the same
compound with the victim's mother.
"It was when the victim, a three-year-old girl, wanted
to urinate that her mother discovered that she was finding it difficult to
urinate and also crying.
"The mother saw marks on her daughter’s vagina and when
she asked her what happened, the girl said it was the accused that inserted his
hand into it," Aigbokhan said.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 404
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
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