19-year old student docked for defiling 5-year-old girl

Ben Bassey 15:23 - 29 June 2016

Rotimi allegedly impregnated his sister at their apartment in Lagos.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Rapheal Donny told the court that the offence was committed on June 22 at the residence of the accused.

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court on Wednesday remanded a 19-year-old student ,Joseph Urama, in prison for pleading guilty to defiling a neighbour's five-year-old daughter.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered the remand of the accused at the Kirikiri Prisons and adjourned the case to Aug. 1 for facts and sentencing.

The accused, a student, who lives at Papa Ashafa area of Agege, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for alleged defilement.

Donny alleged that the accused was caught by the victim’s mother while defiling her five - year-old daughter.

He said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.