An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered the remand of one Tochukwu Akalogwu accused of defiling a five-year-old school girl.
The police charged Akalogwu, 19, with defilement of a minor.
The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, did not take Akalogwu’s plea because the court lacks jurisdiction to hear the case.
Kubeinje consequently ordered the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
She adjourned the matter until May 28 for mention.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, SP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Akalogwu, an employee of Hope Primary School, Badagry, committed the alleged offence on April 3 .
He said that the defendant allegedly defiled the minor in the school by forcefully having sexual intercourse with her. READ ALSO:
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She said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)
