Man remanded for defiling neighbour’s daughter in Lagos

An Ogudu magistrates’ court, Lagos, on Thursday, remanded a 22-year-old painter, Ifeanyi Onyega, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for defiling his neighbour’s 16-year-old daughter.

The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, who did not take Onyega’s plea, ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice, and adjourned to October 21.

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Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 31, at his residence, when he invited the victim to his room on the pretext of sending her on an errand, but instead forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

He said that the defendant threatened to harm her if she told anybody, but that, “The girl, however, told her mother and the case was reported to the police.” (NAN)