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.
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 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.
They are facing a two-count charge of child defilement
and indecent acts.
The magistrate Mrs O. Sule-Amzat 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.
The
court has sent the accused to a remand home until next date of adjournment which
has been fixed for March 16.
credit: vanguardngr
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