The Ikeja Sexual Offence and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday, November 9, ordered the remand of a man at the Nigerian Correctional Service for defiling a 7-year-old girl.
The Justice, Abiola Soladoye who presided the court remanded the culprit after he took his plea.
The culprit is facing two counts of unlawful sexual assault and defilement of a child preferred against him by the state government.
The state prosecution counsel, Olusola Soneye, at the arraignment told the court that the defendant committed the offences between February 2022 and February 2023.
While addressing the court, Soneye stated that the two incidents took place at No. 2 Abose Street in the Amuwo Odofin area of the state.
He noted that the defendant sexually assaulted the victim by inappropriately touching her vagina with his hands.
The prosecutor also told the court that the defendant defiled the victim by penetrating her vagina with his penis.
According to prosecuting counsel, the offences committed contravened Sections 263 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
Following his non-guilty plea, Justice Soladoye ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility pending his bail application.
She therefore adjourned the case till January 17, 2023, for the commencement of trial.
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