An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 13-year-old boy in Borstal Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, refused to take the minor’s plea.
She ordered him to be remanded in Borstal Correctional Center until April 17 for legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The boy, a student, who lives with his parents at the Oshodi area of Lagos, is charged with defilement.
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Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed in January, 2024 at the defendant ‘s residence.
Akeem said the boy lured his neighbour’s six-year-old girl into his room when their parents were not around and defiled her.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened Section 210 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)
