An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday remanded a 45-year-old man, Gambo Mohammed in a Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 14-year old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, who did not take Mohammed’s plea ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice, reports Realnews.
She adjourned the case until Nov. 5, for DPP’s advice.
The defendant is facing a charge of defilement.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in August at Ijedo area of Lagos State.
Iberedem said that the defendant forcefully had sexual intercourse with the girl.
He said that the girl reported what had happened to her mother and the defendant was apprehended and taken to the police station.
Iberedem said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Section stipulates life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of defiling a minor.
