A 19-year-old teenager,
Olalekan Fatokun, who allegedly defiled and impregnated 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.
The Prosecutor,
ASP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the accused commited the offence on
the 10, 11 and 13 of August, 2018 at No .8, Oguntuga Street, Abule Ijesha,
Lagos, when he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl.
Nurudeen said the 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 100, 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.
She adjourned the case until March 25 for
hearing.
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