A fifty-one-year old casket
maker was arrested for defiling and sexual abuse of an eight-year old girl. The
alleged offence was committed by Kayode Michael at Odulami Street, Lagos
Island, while the girl was returning from school.
Police alleged that the
suspect was arrested following a complaint by the mother of the victim, a
primary 3 pupil that her daughter told her that the suspect, Michael, who is
their co-tenant waylaid her on her way from school, lured her to an alley along
the street in the area and forcefully had sex with her.
She said that her daughter
was rescued by residents in the area who heard her shouting for help with blood
gushing out from her private part.
She further told the police
that she rushed her daughter to a hospital where doctors confirmed that her
daughter had been deflowered by the suspect who also inflicted severe injury on
her private part.
During investigation, the
suspect allegedly confessed to the crime that the devil pushed him to commit
the crime. He promised not to commit such crime again if it could set him free.
After investigation, the
suspect, a resident of 42, Odulami Street, Lagos Island, was arraigned before
an Igbosere magistrates’ court on a two-count charge of felony to wit, unlawful
and indecent sexual assault on an eight-year old girl.
The accused however pleaded
not guilty to the alleged crime in the open court, and Magistrate Mrs O. A.
Ogunbowale admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N1 million with two
sureties in like sum, one of whom must owned a property on Lagos Island.
She adjourned the case to
12 May, 2016 for mention, while the defendant was taken to Ikoyi prison pending
when he will fulfil his bail conditions.
PM News
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