Court remands man for defiling 3-year-old girl
(Nigeria) An Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos, on
Thursday remanded a 24-year-old man, Savior Edith to Kirikiri Prison for
allegedly defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter.
The prosecutor, Insp. Benedict Aigbokhan told the court that
the accused, who lives at 19, Ishajimi St., Agege, a suburb of Lagos, defiled
the girl on March 23.
``The accused called the girl inside his room and defiled
her, it was her cry that alerted her mother and the accused was
apprehended," the prosecutor said.
He said that the offence contravened Section 137 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the
accused be remanded till April 20 pending determination of his bail
application.
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