Court remands 54-year-old man for allegedly defiling 12-year-old girl in Lagos

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 54-year-old man, Kajola Ahmed, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ahmed, whose address was not provided, was charged with defilement.

The Chief Magistrate, B.A. Sonuga did not take the defendant’s plea, however. 

He adjourned the case until Feb. 27 for legal advice from the office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, ASP Aminu Isaac, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 17 at about 11am.

He added that Ahmed committed the offence at No. 28, Tomatee Hotel Street, Ajegunle in the Ita-Oluwo area of Ikorodu.

According to him, the offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.