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Court Remands Welder For Raping Neighbour’s 7-Year-Old Daughter
The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ court on Thursday ordered that a 51-year-old welder, Fatai Amidu, be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B. O Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of Amidu, ordered that the case file should be sent to the Lagos Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
Mrs Osunsanmi adjourned the case until Feb. 8 for DPP’s advice.
The defendant, who resides in the Ogombo area of Ajah, Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug. 17, 2022 at No.97C, Okun, Ajah, Lagos.
Mr Akeem said the defendant lured the girl to his room and had sexual intercourse with her.
“He told the girl not to tell anyone. She, however, told her grandmother when she felt pains in her private parts,” the prosecutor said.
Mr Akeem said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The section stipulates life imprisonment for defilement.