A 27-year-old street urchin, Adebayo Agboola, has been remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a nine-month-old baby belonging to a neighbour.
The accused was remanded by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday when he appeared in court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, adjourned the case till May 5 and directed the prosecutor to send the case file to the State Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
The prosecution counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, charged the suspect, who resides in the Ijora-Badia area of Lagos with defilement.
Ajayi told the court that the offence was committed on March 23 at the White Sand area, Ijora-Badia, Lagos.
Ajayi said the 16-year-old mother of the baby had her child in the care of Agboola to buy noodles not too far from her home when the crime was committed.
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The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The section states that any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to life imprisonment.
Meanwhile, six persons have reportedly died in an accident between Erin-Oke and Ipetu-Jesa on the Ilesa-Akure expressway on Tuesday.
As at press time, details of the accidents are still sketchy.
The bodies of dead victims, all males, including the driver, have been deposited in the morgue of Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, while the injured have also been conveyed to hospital where they are responding to treatment.
Agnes Ogungbemi, spokesperson of the Osun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, confirmed the accident.
Responding to inquiries, Ogungbemi said, “Actually, there was a crash, but we are trying to get more facts. [There’ll be] details later.”