A teenager and a nine-year-old boy, who allegedly
defiled a four-year-old girl, were on Thursday brought before an
Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The court has sent the
accused to a remand home until next date of adjournment.
The duo is facing a
two-count charge of child defilement and indecent acts.
According to Police Prosecutor Ihiehie Lucky, the
accused committed the offence on Feb. 24, 2016 at their parents’
apartment.
He said the complainant, Mrs Edet Mercy, who
lives in the same compound with the accused, had reported the incident at Ketu
Police Station.
“The accused defiled
Mercy’s daughter on Feb. 24.
“The girl told her
mother that the accused used to finger her and that it started last year.”
The offence contravened Sections 134 and 137 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that
Section 134 prescribes two years for indecent acts, while Section 137 stipulates
life imprisonment for child defilement.
A large number of family members attended the
proceedings presided over by the Magistrate, Mrs O. Sule-Amzat.
Both pleaded innocent of the offences.
The magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum
of N100, 000 each with two sureties each.
She said one of the sureties must deposit N25, 000
into the court’s Chief Registrar’s account, while the other surety must be
a blood relation of the accused and must be gainfully employed.
Sule-Amzat ordered that the accused should be
remanded at the Children Remand Home at Oregun, Lagos.
Further hearing
has been fixed for March 16.
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