An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 44-year-old man, Temple Ononogbo, to Kirikiri Correctional Center for allegedly defiling his 11- year-old niece.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Kushanu refused to listen to the defendant’s plea.
She ordered him to be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Center until Sept. 11 for Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice.
The defendant, a trader, who resides at 7, Olubisi Close, Ejigbo, Lagos is being tried for defilement and sexual assault.
The Prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the offence were committed between 2024 and April 2025 at the defendant’s residence.
Ademigbuji said the defendant had been sexually molesting the victim since she has been living with him.
The prosecutor said one of the neighbours who always noticed the victim’s countenance anytime she was going to school, decided to have a conversation with her.
The prosecutor said the victim opened up and it led to the defendant’s arrest.
The offence according to the prosecutor contravened Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
