Man, 28, remanded over defilement of neighbour’s child

An Ikeja Magistrate Court, on Wednesday, remanded in prison a 28-year-old man who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter. Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi ordered that Morufu Salaudeen should be kept at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions without taking his plea. The magistrate adjourned the case until May […]

An Ikeja Magistrate Court, on Wednesday, remanded in prison a 28-year-old man who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter.

Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi ordered that Morufu Salaudeen should be kept at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions without taking his plea.

The magistrate adjourned the case until May 1 for mention.

The prosecutor, Insp. Raphael Donny, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on Jan. 19, on Joblanso Street, Aboru, Lagos.

“The defendant lured the little girl to the backyard and sexually assaulted her and took away her pants,” the prosecutor said.

He said that the girl’s mother reported the case, and the defendant was arrested.

The alleged offence contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and is punishable with up to life imprisonment. (NAN)