A 50-year-old man has been remanded by an Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, the state capital for allegedly having canal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter.
The suspect, Gboyega Lasisi, was ordered to be kept in the prison custody on Monday by the Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi.
The Magistrate rejected the defendant’s plea due to want of jurisdiction and ruled that he should be remanded in Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo town.
According to the judge, who adjourned the matter till July 6 for mention, the defendant would remain in the correction facility pending legal advice from the state Directorate of Public Prosecution.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the police charged Lasisi with a count charge of defilement.
On her part, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Folake Ewe, stated that the defendant on March 22, have unlawful sexual intercourse with his seven-year-old daughter, without her consent
The prosecutor told the court the offence contravenes Section 34 of the Oyo State Child Rights Law, 2006.
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According to her, the offence was committed in the Aro area, Ilora, in the Afijio Local Government area of the state.
Meanwhile, controversial hip hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has regained his freedom from the Ilaro Correctional Centre where he was remanded earlier on Monday.
An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State had earlier in the day granted him bail in the sum of N300, 000.
The state police command arraigned him on a five-count bordering on assault, among others.
He was accused of assaulting policemen who went to his bar for official duties.
Magistrate A.S Shoneye, while delivering his ruling on the application for bail by his counsel, Adodo Destiny, said the offences are bailable.
He ruled that the musician be granted bail with a bail bond of N300, 000, and two sureties who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
When contacted, the spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service in the state, Victor Oyeleke, confirmed that the musician had perfected the bail conditions and left custody.
“He has perfected the bail conditions and he just left the custody,” Oyeleke confirmed.