Court Remands Man For D-efiling Step Daughter In Church | READ FULL DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jun 08, 2023
Court Remands Man For D-efiling Step Daughter In Church | READ FULL DETAILS
A Yaba Magistrates' Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Linus Sunday for allegedly defili-ng his seven-year-old step-daughter in the Aguda area of the state.
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The Lagos State Police Command demanded the remand of the defendant before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka when he was arraigned on one count of defilement.
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The 50-year-old defendant was accused of committing the offence at Christ Believers' Assembly at Aguda where he resides with his wife and her two daughters, his step-children.
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The police prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the defendant started committing the crime from December 2022 till February 2023 when his estranged wife found out.
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Nurudeen added that the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
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The charge read in part, "That you, Linus Sunday, between December 2022 and February 2023, at Christ Believers Assembly at Aguda Lagos, in the Yaba Magisterial District did unlawfully defil-ed one girl (name withheld) aged seven years and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015."
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The defendant's plea was not taken.
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Nurudeen prayed the court to remand the defendant pending the outcome of legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution.
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Nwaka, thereafter, remanded the defendant pending DPP advice and adjourned the case till July 7, 2023.
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