Two teenagers who allegedly defiled their friend’s 13-year-old sister has been remanded in Prison by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court pending legal advice.
Chief Magistrate Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who ignored the plea of the defendants and ordered that they should be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons.
Sule-Amzat ordered the police to send the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Oct. 14, for further hearing.
The Police prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, had told the court that the defendants, aged 18 and 19, committed the offence on April 20 and April 27, at about 4 p.m, at Bimbo Marque, off AIT road, Alagbado, Lagos.
Emuerhi alleged that the defendants sexually abused the minor.
He said that the case was reported at the Alagbado Divisional Police Station by the victim’s brother and was transferred to the Gender Section, Ikeja Police Division for further investigation.
The offence, he added, contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The case was adjourned to Oct. 14, for further hearing.
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