An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday remanded a 45-year-old man, Shola Adewale, at the Kirikiri custodial facility for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl.
Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje said he should be kept pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The court did not take the plea of Adewale.
Kubeinje adjourned the case until February 27, 2024 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Kehinde Ajayi, had told the court that the defendant on three occasions at 27, Anuoluwapo Street, Isheri, Lagos defiled the little girl.
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Ajayi alleged that the defendant sexually assaulted the minor by penetrating her vagina with his finger.
The alleged offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendant is liable to life imprisonment if found guilty of the offence.