An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 22-year-old man, Ajayi Michael, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter who is just 4-year-old.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias ordered that the accused be remanded at kirikiri Prison and adjourned the case till April 20 for the bail application.
The accused, an unemployed who lives at No. 8, Adeyemi St., Egbeda, a suburb of Lagos is being tried on a count charge of defilement.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Benedict Aigbokhan told the court that the offence was committed on April 2 at the accused residence.
Aigbokhan said that the accused called the victim, a 4-year-old girl into his room and defiled her.
“The victim came out of the accused room touching her private part, and when she was asked, she told the mother it was “uncle that touched me,” Aigbokhan said.
The offence according to the prosecutor contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.