Man In Court For Allegedly Defiling Neighbour’s 10Year-Old Daughter

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 28-year-old man, Chinonso Kalu, to prison for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 10-year-old daughter.

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The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, remanded the accused in Kirikiri prison and adjourned the case to April 18 for ruling on bail application.

The accused, unemployed, who lives at No. 1, Malomo Close, Pen Cinema, Agege, a suburb of Lagos is being tried for defilement.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the offence was committed on March 23 at the accused’s residence.

Aigbokhan said that the accused called the girl into his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand.
“It was the cry of the girl that alerted her mother that made the accused to be caught in the act,” he said.

The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Source:NAN