A 19-year-old teenager, Olalekan Fatokun, who allegedly defiled
and impregnated a 12-year-old daughter of his neighbour on Wednesday appeared
at a Yaba Chief magistrates’ court in Lagos.
Fatokun, who resides at
No. 8, Oguntuga Str., Abule-ijesha area of Lagos, is facing a charge of
defilement of a child.
According to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Police Prosecutor, ASP. Thomas Nurudeen, earlier
told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 10, 11 and 13,
2018 at No. 8, Oguntuga str., in Abule-ijesha, Lagos.
Nurudeen said the unlawful
defilement, resulted in the pregnancy of the girl.
The prosecutor also told
the court that the girl had been living next door to the accused for over four
years.
“My Lord, it was the
minor’s mother that discovered the pregnancy, said to be two months when she
began to notice changes in her daughter’s body.
“Even at the police
station, the accused did not deny being intimate with the minor,” Nurudeen
said.
The accused, however,
pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The offence contravenes
Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Section 137 stipulates
life imprisonment for offence of defilement of a child.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs
K.B. Ayeye, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two
responsible sureties in like sum.
Ayeye said that one of the
sureties must be a blood relation of the accused and they should be gainfully
employed with evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
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