Crime
Court remands man, 44, for defiling 9-year-old girl
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday remanded a 44-year-old man, Sunday Lukas, in custody, for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered that Lukas be remanded at the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry, after he pleaded not guilty to a count charge of assault.
He ordered that the case file be duplicated and sent to the office of the Director for Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.
Adekomaiya, however, adjourned the case until October 28 for ruling on the bail application filed by Lukas and for DPP’s legal advice.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on May 28, at 12.20 p.m., at No. 4, Aribena Site, Ijanikin area of Lagos.
He said that Lukas indecently assaulted the nine-year-old girl by inserting his fingers in her private part.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 135 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
NAN
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