An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 39-year-old factory worker, ThankGod Umana, in Kirikiri Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, B. O. Osunsanmi, on Tuesday, while delivering judgement ordered the suspect to be remanded in the correctional centre to await legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Umana, the defendant, residing at 8, Egunjobi Street, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos State, was charged with defilement.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in April 2022 at his residence.
Akeem said the mother of the victim found out about the alleged crime when she observed that her daughter was keeping to herself.
The prosecutor said, “After much probing, the minor told her mother that the defendant had been sexually molesting her.
“The case was reported at a police station and the defendant was arrested.”
The chief magistrate adjourned the case till August 25 for mention.
