Teenager, 9-year-old sent to remand home for allegedly defiling minor

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.

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 innocence 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.