Man Pleads Guilty To Def!ling 9-Month-Old Baby, Court Gives Order | READ MORE
Faith Ukanwa
Jan 09, 2024
Man Pleads Guilty To Def!ling 9-Month-Old Baby, Court Gives Order | READ MORE
The Ikeja Se-xual Offences and Domestic Vi-olence Court on Monday, remanded a 28-year-old applicant, Agboola Adebayo, in a correctional centre for def-iling a nine-month-old baby.
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The Lagos State government arraigned Mr Adebayo, whose residential address was not provided, on a two-count charge of defile-ment and causing grievous harm to the baby.
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The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Justice Rahman Oshodi remanded Mr Adebayo at the correctional facility and adjourned the case until March 25 for a hearing.
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Earlier, the state counsel, Bukola Okeowo, told the court that Adebayo committed the offence on March 23, 2023, in the White Sand Area of Ijora, Badiya, Lagos.
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Ms Okeowo submitted that the defendant defiled the baby by having unlawful sex-ual int-ercourse with her.
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The prosecutor also said the defendant unlawfully caused grievous harm to the child by inflicting injuries on her va-gina.
The offence contravenes the Criminal Laws of Lagos State (2015) and is punishable by life imprisonment.
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— Faith Ukanwa