A Twenty years old unemployed man identified has Oriyomi Sanni has been charged to Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for defiling an 11-years old girl
Magistrate Mrs O.A Layinka, sitting in court did not take Sanni’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre.
Layinka, however, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
She adjourned the case until Aug. 25 for DPP advice.
Sanni, who resides at Ikorodu, Lagos State, is being tried for defilement.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that Sanni committed the offence on June 21.
Ihiehie said the defendant was caught having sexual intercourse with the girl inside an uncompleted building.
Adding that members of the community handed him over to the police,
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Sections 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.