Posted by Amarachi on Fri 25th Oct, 2024 - tori.ng
Kubeinje subsequently adjourned the matter until November 5, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
A 32-year-old man, Jonathan Oludare, was on Thursday remanded by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court over the alleged defilement of a 16-year-old girl.
Oludare, a resident of Ijora Badia was charged with a one count of defilement.
The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered his remand in a Correctional facility in Lagos.
Kubeinje subsequently adjourned the matter until November 5, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem told the court that the defendant committed the offence on September 8, at Isale Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos.
Iberedem said that Oludare forcefully had s3xual intercourse with the minor without her consent.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The section stipulates life imprisonment for any one found guilty of defiling a minor.