By David Orji
For defiling a 13 year old girl, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 45-year-old man, Haruna Olatayo be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre.
While adjourning the case until February 28 for trial, Chief Magistrates’ E. Kubeinje, did not take the plea of Olatayo.
The Prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi told the court that Olatayo committed the offence sometime in October 2023, at Oseni Salawu Street, Agric Road, Igando, Lagos.
Ajayi submitted the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The section states that anyone who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to life imprisonment.