A residents of Ikotun area of Lagos, Oko Bassey was on Tuesday remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his nine-year-old daughter.
Osunsanmi ordered that the defendant be remanded in the correctional centre, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She also directed that the case file be sent to the DPP for advice and adjourned the case until Feb.17, 2020 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Ezekiel Ayorinde, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence in his residence in October.
Ayorinde alleged that the defendant unlawfully had canal knowledge of the nine-year-old girl.
“The minor was taken to hospital and the medical report confirmed that she had been segxwally abused,”
He said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The law prescribes life imprisonment for offenders.
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