An Akure, Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 71-year-old man, Alhaji Ganiyu Kolawole of Oba-Ile, Akure, in prison custody for raping a seven-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Charity Adeyanyu, directed the accused to be kept behind in prison custody pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Adeyanju said that the prosecutor should duplicate the case file and forward it to the DPP and the Ministry of Justice for legal advice.
The Prosecutor, Okai Felix, of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, had earlier told the court that the accused had unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor without her consent.
Okai said that the accused committed the offence on December 2 at about 1:30pm at Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area.
The offence is punishable under Section 218 of the criminal code ACT LFN 2004.
The plea of the accused was not however taken by the court and the magistrate adjourned the case to February 27, 2014 for legal advice.
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