Kirikiri Correctional Centre.<\/a><\/p>\nAjibade directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.<\/p>\n
She adjourned the case until March 3 for DPP\u2019s advice.<\/p>\n
The police charged Suru, who resides at the Alakuko area of Lagos State, with defilement and indecent treatment of a child.<\/p>\n
The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Suru committed the offence on Oct. 15, 2021, at Naija Hotel Alakuko.<\/p>\n
He said that Suru lured the girl to his hotel room and defiled her, and the offence had resulted in pregnancy.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that defilement attracts life imprisonment according to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2005.<\/p>\n
Indecent treatment of a child attracts a seven-year jail term, according to the provisions of Section 135(1)(2) of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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