- Safiu Kehinde
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, has on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one James Gabriel, 37, over alleged sexual assault on an eight-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take the plea of Gabriel, ordered his remand at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre until his trial on Dec. 19.
According to the prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, the defendant committed the offence on July 11, at Sanyaolu Street, Oworoshoki, Lagos.
Iberedem alleged that the Gabriel sexually assaulted the eight-year-old girl, name withheld.
This, according to the prosecutor, contravened the provisions of Sections 261, 263 (1)of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Meanwhile, sexual assault attracts three years jail term while sexual assault by penetration is punishable with life imprisonment if convicted.