Court remands man over alleged defilement of minor
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of one Uzochukwu Chinecherem , 26, for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old.
Chinecherem, a resident of New haven Estate, Lagos was charged with defilement.
The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that Chinecherem should be remanded in a correctional facility in Lagos.
Kubeinje subsequently adjourned the matter until December 17, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector John Iberedem told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence on October 13, at New Haven Avenue, Igbehinadu, Lagos.
Mr Iberedem said that the defendant forcefully had sexual intercourse with the minor.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The section stipulates life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of defiling a minor.
(NAN)
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