An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded a 38-year-old man identified as Samuel Emmanuel, to Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly having anal sex with a minor.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O Osunsanmi refused to listen to the defendant’s plea, as she ordered him to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre until Jan. 25 for the Director of public prosecution’s advice.
The defendant, a baker, who resides in the Ileejo area, Lekki, Lagos is being tried for sexual assault.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed on Nov. 25 in the Ile-Ojo area, Ibeju, Lekki, Lagos. He disclosed that the defendant called the victim, a 12-year-old girl, who hawks cow skin on the pretence that he wanted to make a purchase.
The prosecutor said that the defendant dragged the girl inside his room and forcefully had anal sex with her. A neighbour, who heard the screaming girl, rushed to break the door to rescue her but was too late as she has already been molested.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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