A Chief Magistrates’ Court in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, remanded a 70-year-old man, Michael Afolabi, in Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.

The prosecutor, Inspector John Iberedem, told the court that Afolabi committed the offence at about 1:00 p.m. in the Iju area of Lagos in July 2024.

Iberedem said the defendant had canal knowledge of the 11-year-old girl more than once.

He told the court that the mother of the girl reported the incident at the gender unit of Iju Police Division that her daughter was defiled by the 70-year-old man residing adjacent to their house when schools were on vacation in July.

He said the mother narrated that the second time the defendant had canal knowledge of the girl was when schools were in session this year.

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The prosecutor disclosed that the mother knew about the incident on September 24.

Iberedem added that the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje, who did not take the plea of the 70-year-old man, remanded him on a one-count charge of defilement.

Kubeinje also ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice and adjourned the case until November 11, 2024, for mention.

The Star