An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 38-year-old man, Samuel Emmanuel, to Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly having anal sex with 12-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O Osunsanmi gave the order during a court hearing today January 9. He refused to listen to the defendant’s plea.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed on Nov. 25 at the Ile-Ojo area, Ibeju, Lekki, Lagos. Akeem said that the defendant called the victim, a 12-year-old girl, who hawks cow skin, pretending he wanted to buy some. The prosecutor said that the defendant dragged the girl inside his room and forcefully had anal sex on her.
Akeem said that the neighbours who heard the screaming girl rushed to break the door and rescued her but she was already molested. According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
At the court hearing, the Magistrate ordered the suspect to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre until Jan. 25 for the Director of public prosecution’s advice.
Meanwhile, a 200-level student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, identified simply as Daniel, has been shot dead while trying to recover his phone from armed robbers in his lodge.
It was gathered that the deceased was from the Department of Philosophy of the institution.
According to sources, the incident happened late Sunday while Daniel was dragging his phone with the armed robbers that came to raid his lodge.
An eyewitness said, “Daniel obediently gave his phone to the armed robbers but requested his SIM card. The robbers agreed to give him his SIM card.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a prison west of Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. It is named after the rural Kirikiri community in which it is situated. A part of the Nigerian Correctional Service, its official capacity is 1,056. It was first established in 1955.