A 40-year-old man, Abdulai Lawal, has been dragged before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter.
The court on Thursday remanded the unemployed man at the Kirikiri correctional facility.
The presiding chief magistrate, Mrs A.B Olagbegi-Adelabu, did not take the plea of the accused but referred the case file to the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Olagbegi-Adelabu also ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending the advice and adjourned the case till Sept. 14 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Mrs Olawunmi Osinbajo, alleged that on July 25, Lawal carried the three-year-old into his room while she was playing in the sand outside the house and had carnal knowledge of her.
Osinbajo, said the incident happened at Owutu, in “Agric’’ area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
She added that when the child’s mother went searching for her daughter and calling out her name in shrieks, the child emerged from Lawal’s room with blood stains on her leg and clothes.
The mother quickly reported the case to the police, leading to Lawa’s arrest, Osinbajo said.
She said Lawal’s offence contravened the Criminal Laws of Lagos State (2015).
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Meanwhile, a man simply identified as David has allegedly attacked a security guard with a knife after making his way into Paradise Estate, by scaling fences from adjoining University View Estate, at Olokonla in the Sangotedo area of Ajah, Eti-Osa Local Government Area, Lagos.
It was gathered on Wednesday that David jumped into the estate on Saturday.
It was learnt that the suspect claimed that he decided to jump into the estate to escape from some persons who he said were pursuing him.
One of the estate’s security guards, identified simply as Rafel, who spoke with our correspondent, said, “The suspect claimed to have been under threat by people who chased him.
“When asked why he was being chased and what his offence was, he refused to disclose his offence. He attacked my partner, Sunny, with a knife while the interrogation was ongoing.
“He (David) wanted to throw the knife but he couldn’t as his attempt failed. He was then caught again. He then narrated how he made his way into the estate from University View Estate.”
Items recovered from the suspect include clothes, shoes and a knife.
Contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, could not be reached for comment as his mobile phone rang out and a message sent to him had yet to be responded to as of the time of filing this report was filed.