Court remand man in prison for allegedly defiling 9-year-old girl
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered that a 26-year-old man, Jesupele Adesoji, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl.
The police charged Adesoji, a labourer, with defilement.
Chief Magistrate F.M. Kayode ordered that Adesoji should be remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
She adjourned the case until Feb. 28 for the police to file the case in the appropriate court.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that the suspect committed the offence on Dec. 16, 2021, at No. 16, Itelorin St., Ijesha.
He alleged that Adesoji defiled the nine-year-old girl on several occasions.
The offence contravene, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)
