ON Tuesday, November 30th, 2021, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos ordered the remand of a 26-year-old man, Mustapha Baba, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, Mrs Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre.
The prosecution counsel, ASP Bisi Ogunleye, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in September at his house.
“The defendant lured the girl into his room and had sexual intercourse with her.
“When the mother of the girl noticed that her daughter had been defiled, she questioned her and the girl told her what the defendant did to her.
“The case was reported at the police station leading to the arrest of the defendant,” the prosecutor said.
The alleged offence violates Sections 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, and life imprisonment is the prescribed sentence.
The magistrate adjourned the case until January 25th, 2022.
