An Ikeja magistrate court on Tuesday remanded a 20-year-old unemployed man, Oriyomi Sanni, who allegedly defiled an 11-year-old girl.
The magistrate, Mrs O.A. Layinka, who did not take Sanni’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
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Layinka, however, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice and adjourned the case until August 25.
Sanni, who resides at Ikorodu, Lagos State, is being tried for defilement.
The prosecution counsel, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that Sanni committed the offence on June 21.
He said the defendant had carnal knowledge of the girl in an uncompleted building.
“The defendant was caught having sexual intercourse with the girl inside an uncompleted building.
“Members of the community handed him over to the police,” Ihiehie said.
The offence, he said, contravened sections 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 which prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.
(NAN)
