Police on Friday arraigned a 44–year–old man, Temple Ononogbo, at the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling his 11-year-old niece.
The defendant, a trader, was arraigned for alleged defilement and sexual assault.
The prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the defendant committed the offences between 2024 and April this year at his residence in the Ejigbo area of the state.
He said the defendant had been sexually molesting the victim since she started living with him.
The prosecutor added that one of the neighbours who noticed the victim’s countenance anytime she was going to school had a conversation with her.
“The victim opened up, and this led to the defendant’s arrest, ”Ademigbuji stated.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravened Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O. O. Kushanu, refused to listen to the defendant’s plea.
She ordered him to be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre till September 11 for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) advice.
