Two remanded over alleged defilement of neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded two men in Kirikiri Correctional Centre on Wednesday for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old neighbour’s daughter.
The defendants, Bode Adekimi, 30, a driver and Kaacue Jacaue-Daniel, a labourer, who both reside at 47 Peace Avenue, Isheri, Lagos, are being tried for defilement and sexual assault.
The Chief Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, however, did not listen to their plea.
Ms Osunsanmi ordered the defendants to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre until February 7, pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecution.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offences were committed between 2020 and December 2023 at the defendants’ residence.
He said that the defendants had been individually molesting a neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter since she was eight years old.
Ms Akeem said that the victim told one of her mother’s friends who raised the alarm.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene Sections 137 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
(NAN)
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