An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that Toheeb Mustapha, 20, be remanded in custody for defiling a minor.
The unemployed youth allegedly inserted his finger into a 13-year-old girl’s private part.
The defendant, who resides in Ighando, was arraigned on a count of defilement.
The Magistrate, Mrs. A.O Ajibade, who did not take the defendant’s plea, referred the case file to the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.
Meanwhile, she ordered that the defendant be kept at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending the advice from DPP and adjourned the case until Dec. 12 for mention.
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Earlier, the Prosecutor, ASP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 6 at his residence.
He said: “The defendant called the girl into his room on the pretext of sending her on an errand.
“He inserted his finger into her private part and released her to go, after he had satisfied himself.
“When the girl’s mother noticed that her daughter had suddenly withdrawn from her usual self and was most times moody, she asked her questions.
“The minor told her mother what the defendant did to her,’’ Ajayi said.
The prosecutor said that the alleged offence contravened Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
