Saturday, August 15, 2026 - An Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court on Friday remanded a 43-year-old man, Friday Okiye, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly def!ling a five-year-old girl.
The defendant, a trader residing in the Ojo area of Lagos,
faces a charge of def!lement.
The Chief Magistrate, C.M. Kushanu, did not take the
defendant’s plea.
She ordered his remand at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre
pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She adjourned the case until September 30 for the DPP’s
advice.
The prosecutor, Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the
defendant committed the offence at the Trade Fair Market, Aspanda, Ojo, Lagos.
Mr Ademigbuji stated that the defendant lured his
neighbour’s five-year-old cousin into his shop under the pretext of giving her
money.
He noted that the defendant placed the child on his lap and
s3xually assaulted her with his fingers while she cried.
The prosecutor stated that the victim’s cries alerted her
uncle, whose shop was near the defendant’s shop.
He noted that the uncle caught the defendant in the act of
s3xually assaulting the victim.
The prosecutor stated that the offence contravened Section
137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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