An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Haruna Jimoh, who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice.
The police charged Jimoh, who resides in Ojo, Lagos State, with defilement
Magistrate M.O Tanimola, who did not take the plea of Jimoh, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre
.
Tanimola directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.
She adjourned the case until March 3, for the DPP’s advice.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Victor Eruada, told the court that the suspect committed the offence on Jan. 2, at his residence.
He defendant lure the victim to his house and defiled her .
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the section prescribes life imprisonment for defilement. (NAN)
