Friday, October 25, 2024 – An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of Jonathan Oludare, 32, charged with def!ling a 16-year-old girl.
Oludare, a resident of Ijora Badia was
charged with a one count of def!lement
The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje who did
not take the defendant’s plea, ordered his remand in a Correctional facility in
Lagos.
Kubeinje subsequently adjourned the
matter until November 5, pending legal advice from the Lagos State
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem
told the court that the defendant committed the offence on September 8, at
Isale Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos.
Iberedem said that Oludare
forcefully had s@xual intercourse with the minor without her consent.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The section stipulates life imprisonment
for any one found guilty of def!ling a minor.
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