Court remands man for allegedly defiling step-daughter
A Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja on Friday ordered that a 37 -year-old man, Mathew Olateju, who allegedly defiled his 11-year-old step-daughter be remanded a correctional centre, pending legal advice.
The police charged Olateju, who resides at Alagbado, Lagos, with threat to life and defilement.
Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of Olateju, ordered the police to send the case file to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.
She ordered that Olateju should be kept in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the legal advice from the office of the director of public prosecutions.
Osunsanmi adjourned the case until April 20 for mention.
The prosecutor, Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that Olateju committed the offence in February at his residence, alleging that Olateju threatened to kill his step-daughter if she mentioned her defilement to anyone.
Ayorinde said that the offence contravenes the provisions of Sections 56 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2015.
Defilement violates Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2015 and is punishable with up to life imprisonment.
