Jan. 16, 2025

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Thursday remanded a 44-year-old man, Stephen Samson, in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl.

Samson, whose address was not provided, was charged with defilement.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr B.A. Sonuga, did not, however, take the defendant’s plea but adjourned the case till Feb. 27 for legal advice from the office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Earlier, the Prosecuting Counsel, ASP Aminu Isaac, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at No. 7, Araromi Street, Eyita area of Ikorodu.

He said that the defendant defiled the girl with his finger.

According to him, the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Section 137 stipulates life imprisonment for the offender. (NAN)