A 32-year-old
man, Tope Thomas, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on
Thursday for allegedly defiling his neigbhour’s three-year-old girl. The
accused, who resides at No. 4, Mafo Close, Off Abeokuta Road, Ogba, a suburb of
Lagos, was arraigned on a two-count charge of defilement and causing the breach
of peace.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that the
offences were committed on Aug. 28, at the accused residence. Iseghede
said the accused invited the three-year-old girl to the toilet and raped her.
“The victim’s mother, who heard the daughter crying, rushed to
the scene and met the accused raping the little girl,’’ the prosecutor
said. The offence contravened Sections 137 and 166(d) of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the accused
should be remanded in Kirikiri Prison. Elias adjourned the case till Nov.
11, for the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s legal advice.
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