An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, remanded a 50-year-old man, Usman Tajudeen, at the Correctional Centre in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Adefumike Anoma, who did not take the plea of Tajudeen, ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice, and
adjourned the case until Sept.18 for mention.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a count charge of defilement.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug.21 at Ikere-Ekiti.
Ikebuilo said that the defendant lured the girl
to his room and defiled her.
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“She told her mother what the defendant did to her, and the case was reported to the police,” the prosecutor said.
She said the offence contravened Section 31(2) of Child Right Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor asked told the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre pending advice from the DPP.
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