LAGOS:
34-YEAR-OLD MAN DEFILES 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
An Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court has ordered that a 34-year old man, Best Oji, be remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl.
Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi said the suspect would remain in custody pending advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Prosecutor Donny Raphael alleged that Oji started defiling the girl in the last one year at their house at Kakaremo Street, Shasha, Lagos.
He said the lid blew open this year when the minor noticed changes in her body.
“They interrogated her and she revealed what Oji did to her,” Raphael said.
He said the matter was reported to the Shasha Police Division and Oji was arrested.
The prosecutor said the matter was transferred to the Gender Section of the Lagos State Command and Oji was arraigned for alleged child defilement.
The court did not take his plea when the charge was read to him.
Raphael said the DPP’s advice was neccessary because the child is a minor.
Mrs. Osunsanmi directed the prosecutor to send a copy of the charge to the DPP.
@ The Nation
