28-year-old man rapes neighbour's 4-year-old daughter
Afnews Editor
Mar 02, 2020
A 28-year-old man, Yakubu Afonla, who allegedly defiled a neighbour's four-year-old daughter was on Monday tried before a Chief Magistrates' Court in Ikeja, Lagos State.
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NAN reports that the police charged Afonla with defilement.
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The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi, explained to the court that the defendant committed the offence on Feb. 11 at Balogun Street, Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State.
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He alleged that the defendant defiled his neighbour's daughter by inserting his penis inside her vagina.
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Emuerhi said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges
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In ruling, Chief Magistrate, Olufunke Sule-Amzat ordered the defendant ro be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre pending when the case would be filed at the Ikeja Special and Sexual Offences Court.
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Sule-Amzat then adjourned the case until May 21.
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