In Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 45-year-old man, Haruna Olatayo, be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl.
Chief Magistrates’ E. Kubeinje did not take the plea of Mr Olatayo.
Mr Kubeinje adjourned the case until February 28 for trial.
The prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Mr Olatayo committed the offence sometime in October 2023, at Oseni Salawu Street, Agric Road, Igando, Lagos.
Mr Ajayi submitted that the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The section states that anyone who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to life imprisonment.
(NAN)
