Friday, June 20, 2025 - A 23-year-old man, Victor Faleye, has been remanded in a correctional centre for def!ling and impregnating a 15- year- old girl in Lagos.
Faleye, whose address was not provided was arraigned before
an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court on a count charge bordering on def!lement
on Thursday, June 19.
The Police prosecutor ASP Aminu Isaac, told the court that
the defendant committed the offences on or before January 10 at about 9p.m at
No 26, Okuno Str, Awono Estate, Igbogbo area, Ikorodu, Lagos State.
The prosecutor said that the defendant allegedly def!led and
impregnated the 15-year-old minor.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene the
provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr B.A. Sonuga, however, did not take
the defendant’s plea.
He remanded the defendant in a correctional facility and
ordered that the file be sent to the office of the Lagos State Director of
Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Sonuga adjourned the case until June 30, pending the legal
advice.
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