Lagos: Court remands man for defiling teenage niece

A chief magistrates’ court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Friday, ordered that a 43-year-old man, Friday Abu, be remanded in a corrections centre for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old niece.

The police charged Mr Abu with defilement.

The magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take Mr Abu’s plea, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

She adjourned the case until July 23 for the DPP’s advice

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, told the court that Mr Abu committed the offence on May 29 at about 5:50 p.m. at Olugbede Compound, Alapere, Lagos State.

Mr Iberedem alleged that Mr Abu sexually defiled his niece, who lives with him.

He said the offence contravened the provisions of section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.