An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand of an accused person, Semiju Jimoh, 29; at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
The police charged Jimoh with defilement.
The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
She adjourned the case until May 10 to enable the police file the case in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
Earlier, the prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 28.
She alleged that Jimoh defiled a 16-year-old girl, when he unlawfully had sexual intercourse with her on her way from school.
She also informed the court that the suspect had oral sex with her by inserting his penis into her mouth.
According to Ajayi, the offence contravenes Sections 27(1) and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.