19 YEAR OLD STUDENT ARRAIGNED FOR DEFILING 6 YEAR OLD GIRL

IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – Mr. Joseph Idoh, a 19-year-old student was today arraigned before a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja for allegedly defiling the six-year-old daughter of his neighbour.

The teenager who resides at the Orile area of Agege, a suburb of Lagos is facing a one-count charge of defiling a child. According to the prosecutor, Mr Adebayo Haroun, Idoh committed the offences on Jan. 20, 2016 at his Orile residence.

“The child’s mother has passed away and her father has been solely in charge of the upbringing of the complainant and her siblings. On one fateful day, she approached her father complaining of pains in her private part and disclosed to him that Idoh, their neighbour has on various occasions, been having sexual intercourse with her.

“Her father, devastated by the claims, reported the matter to the police and the defendant was arrested,” Haroun said. According to him, the offence was in contravention of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2011.

Justice Sedotan Ogunsanya upheld the bail conditions previously granted to Idoh by a Magistrates’ Court and adjourned the case till Nov. 20 for trial.