AN Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday remanded a 47-year-old tricycle operator, Olawale Adepoju, in Kirikiri Prisons, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old neighbour’s daughter.
The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, ordered that the accused tricycle operator should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Adepoju, who resides at Mushin Road, Isolo, Lagos, is being tried for defilement.
The plea of the accused was not taken.
The Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 13, in his residence.
Ayorinde said that the accused unlawfully had canal knowledge of the girl.
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“The accused, who lives in the same house with the girl, sneaked into her room when he noticed that her mother had gone out.
“He locked up the room; removed her clothes;…
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