For allegedly defiling his one-year-old daughter, a father is to cool his heels in prison for the next 21 days, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court ruled on Thursday in Lagos.
The 36-year-old, Olaitan Adewoye, a businessman, was remanded in Kirikiri Prisons pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The Chief Magistrate, Mr P. E. Nwaka, directed that the case file should be sent to the DPP for advice.
Adewoye, who resides at No. 10, Arogundade St., Harmony Estate, Oke-Iran Nla, Ajah in Lagos, is being tried for child defilement.
Earlier, Police Prosecutor Christopher John told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 17 at his residence.
John alleged that the accused defiled his own daughter of about one year old when the mother left the…
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