An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 35-year-old man, Garuba Emmanuel, at a Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his six-year-old daughter.
The defendant, a caterer, who resides at 22, Omowumi Amoche St., Meiran, Lagos, is standing trial for defilement, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
His plea was not taken when the charge was read to him.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Omolara Kushanu, ordered his remand at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre and adjourned the case until April 2 for the Director of Public Prosecution’s legal advice.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Adegoke Ademigbuji, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in May 2025 at his residence.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the prosecutor alleged that the defendant fingered his six-year-old daughter’s private part whenever she came to his house for holidays.
He said the girl reported the incident to her mother after the holiday.
According to him, the girl complained of pain in her private part and, upon being questioned by her mother, said it was her father who touched her.
The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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