LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a 40-year-old man, Abdulai Lawal at the Kirikiri correctional facility for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Prosecutor, Mrs Olawunmi Osinbajo, had earlier told the court that Lawal committed the offence on 25 July at Owutu, in “Agric’’ area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
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Olawunmi said the accused carried the three-year-old into his room while she was playing outside her house and had carnal knowledge of her.
She added that when the child’s mother went searching for her daughter and calling out her name in shrieks, the child came out from Lawal’s room with blood stains on her leg and clothes.
The mother quickly reported the case to the Police, leading to Lawa’s arrest, Osinbajo added.
Presiding chief magistrate, Mrs A.B Olagbegi-Adelabu, did not take the plea of the accused but referred the case file to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Olagbegi-Adelabu also ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending advice from DPP and adjourned the case till 14 September for mention.