- Halimah Olamide
A Police Assistant Superintendent Simply identified as Lanre who allegedly defiled a teenage girl at the Ogudu Area Command premises last year was on Tuesday arraigned by a Lagos court.
Lanre was arrested last year after he allegedly has forced sex with ten girl within the premises of the police facility.
He was however said to have been transferred out of the command and outside the state before his crime was brought to public attention
Since the Lagos Sexual Abuse agency took up the matter, the agency had insisted that the policeman must face face the consequences of his crime.
In a statement Signed byAdejoke Ladenegan-OginniHead, Public Affairs Unit Of theLagos Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, the agency said this is in it’s “continuous fight against domestic and sexual violence.”
Lanre was arraigned before Magistrate Fagbohun, Court 11, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Facility. The case was adjourned to March 11, 2025 pending the issuance of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP) legal advice.
On its resolve to ensure justice for victims of sexual assaults, the agency said “We remain committed to ensuring justice and reiterate the Lagos State Government’s zero-tolerance for sexual violence.
“We urge everyone to say something whenever they see something!”