Court Remands Man, 32, For Allegedly Defiling Teenager

From Oluwole Obiodun (LAGOS)

 An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, ordered the remand of Jonathan Oludare, 32, charged with defiling a 16-year-old girl.

Oludare, a resident of Ijora Badia was charged with a one count of defilement.

The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered his remand in a Correctional facility in Lagos.

Kubeinje subsequently adjourned the matter until Nov. 5, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 8, at Isale Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos.

Iberedem said that Oludare forcefully had sexual intercourse with the minor without her consent.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The section stipulates life imprisonment for any one found guilty of defiling a minor.