Teenager docked for allegedly defiling neighbour’s daughter
A 17-year-old secondary school student (name withheld) was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the teenager was charged with a count of defilement. He, however, plead not guilty.
The Prosecutor, ASP. Benson Emuerhi, told the court that the teenager committed the offence on June 29 at Oduroye Street in Ile Epo, Oke Odo community at Ojo, near Lagos. Emuerhi said the defendant unlawful defiled his neighbour’s daughter. The offense contravenes Sections 27 and 210(8) of the Child Rights Law of Lagos State, 2015. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke Sule-Amzat, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until Oct. 7. The menace of rape and child defilement has taken an immense upsurge in recent times,and it is about time the Government and other relevant agencies put stricter laws in place as punishment for rape, as well as ensuring that perpetrators of rape get the punishment they deserve.
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