Tope Thomas, who resides at
No 4, Mafo Close, Off Abeokuta Road, Ogba, a suburb of Lagos, was arraigned on
a two-count charge of defilement and causing the breach of peace.
The thirty-two year-old
man, Tope Thomas, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on
Thursday for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old girl.
The Prosecutor, Sgt Jimah
Iseghede, told the court that the offences were committed on Aug. 28, at the
accused residence. Iseghede said the accused invited the three-year-old girl to
the toilet and raped her.
“The victim’s mother, who
heard the daughter crying, rushed to the scene and met the accused raping the
little girl,’’ the prosecutor said. The offence contravened Sections 137 and
166(d) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however,
pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias,
ordered that the accused should be remanded in Kirikiri Prison. Elias adjourned
the case till Nov. 11, for the Directorate of Public Prosecution’s legal
advice.
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