Trader in court for allegedly defiling daughter

A 46-year-old trader, Chinedu Ifeteka, yesterday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter. Ifeteka is facing a charge of defilement to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug. 9 at Ojo area of Lagos. Ayorinde said […]

A 46-year-old trader, Chinedu Ifeteka, yesterday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling his 14-year-old daughter.

Ifeteka is facing a charge of defilement to which he pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug. 9 at Ojo area of Lagos.

Ayorinde said that the defendant had sexual intercourse with his teenage daughter several times.

“The defendant had sexual intercourse with his daughter whenever his wife was not around.

“She told her mother what her father was doing to her and the case was reported to the police,” the prosecutor said.

The offence contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.

The Magistrate, Mrs B.O Osunsanmi, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N300, 000 with two sureties in like sum. (NAN)