An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded an 18-year-old man, John Samuel, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl.
The magistrate, Mrs A.O. Ajibade, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
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Ajibade, however, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs) for legal advice.
She adjourned the case until Dec. 29 for the receipt of the DPP’s advice.
The police arraigned Samuel who resides in Ayobo, Lagos State, on a charge of defilement.
The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Nov.9 at his residence.
“He had sexual intercourse with the girl and begged her not to tell anyone. The girl, however, narrated how the defendant forcefully had sex with her to her mother.
“The case was reported at the police station and the defendant was arrested,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offence violates Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)
