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Man remanded for allegedly defiling a teenager in Lagos

Magistrate Olufunke Sule- Amzat ordered that Joseph be remanded at the Kirikiri Custodial Centre, Lagos, pending advice from the Lagos State director of public prosecutions.

Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of the defendant, adjourned the case until Jan. 30 for mention,NAN reports.The Prosecutor, ASP Benson Emuerhi, alleged that the defendant committed the offence sometime in July 2017 and in March 2019, at No 6B, Felix St., Ijagemo Road, Ijegun in Lagos. Emuerhi alleged that Joseph had sexual intercourse with the underage, in contravention of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that defilement is punishable with up to life imprisonment, under the section.

 

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