CIVIL SERVANT ARRAIGNED FOR DEFILING GIRL UNDER CUSTODY

IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – Nathaniel Onwuegbulam, a civil servant was today arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old student in his custody.

Onwuegbulam, 41, a resident of Ajisegiri St., Agodo, Lagos was areaifned on one count charge of child defilement. He denied the charge. The prosecution led by Mr Adebayo Haroun told the court that the civil servant committed the offence on October 3, 2016 at his residence in Lagos.

“The complainant (name withheld) and the defendant are from the same village in Imo State, she was handed over to the defendant and his wife to oversee her welfare in Lagos by her parents in the village. A social worker was alerted anonymously that the defendant was having unlawful carnal knowledge of the complainant.

“The claim was investigated by the social worker and the child allegedly confirmed that the abuse occurred on several occasions. The authorities were subsequently alerted and the defendant was apprehended,” Haroun said.

Justice Sedotan Ogunsanya upheld the bail conditions earlier granted to Onwuegbulam by a Magistrates’ Court and adjourned the case till Nov. 22 for trial.