Father charged with sexual assault on 3 daughters

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court has ordered that a 57-year-old father, Mr Mojeeb Fashola, accused of sexually assaulting his three daughters, be remanded in prison. The magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of Fashola on Friday when he was brought before the court, remanded him in Kirikiri Prison and ordered that […]

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court has ordered that a 57-year-old father, Mr Mojeeb Fashola, accused of sexually assaulting his three daughters, be remanded in prison.

The magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of Fashola on Friday when he was brought before the court, remanded him in Kirikiri Prison and ordered that the case file be sent to the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. She adjourned the case until Oct. 14.

Earlier, the prosecuting officer, ASP Benson Emuerhi, had told the court that the defendant committed the offences between April and May, 2019, at his residence in Ayetoro, Ijanikin, near Badagry.

Emuerhi alleged that the defendant sexually assault one of the girls aged eight years (name withheld) by using his finger to penetrate into her private part.

He added that on a later date, the defendant also unlawfully assaulted his two other daughters, aged 10 years and 12 years (names withheld), by touching their buttock and breast seductively.

The prosecutor said when the victim’s mother threatened to report the matter to the police, the defendant physically assaulted her by beating her and hitting her head and hand with a pestle.

He said that the defendant was apprehended by the police and that the case was transferred to the Gender Section at Ikeja Police Command for further investigation.(NAN)