Man remanded for allegedly defiling own daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 42-year-old man, Emmanuel Egbosimba, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 19-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, did not take the defendant’s plea. Owolabi ordered him to be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending Nov. 17, for legal advice from […]
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 42-year-old man, Emmanuel Egbosimba, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 19-year-old daughter.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, did not take the defendant’s plea.
Owolabi ordered him to be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending Nov. 17, for legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the offence was committed between 2020 and 2025, starting when the victim was 14 years old at Ile Ewe Ejigbo area of Lagos.
Ademigbuji said the defendant had been sexually molesting his daughter since the death of his wife.
The prosecutor added that all efforts by the victim to free herself from her father failed, as he threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone.
The prosecutor said the victim went to the police station, and the defendant was arrested.
The prosecutor added that the victim told the police that the defendant slept with her almost every day.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)