Earlier, the prosecutor, Inspector Ayodele Adeosun, informed the court that the defendants committed the offence in 2019 at about 11:00 pm in the Ogboro area of Imeke, Badagry, Lagos. Adeosun alleged that “the first defendant, Usman, defiled his 14-year-old daughter. “The two defendants in 2022, at about 5:00 pm conspired to commit felony to wit, committing abortion'.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 137, 261, 411 and 236 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015. The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties in like sum. Adekomaiya said that one of the sureties must be an owner of a business or a manager in an organization.
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