An elderly man identified as Akeem Muritala has been remanded in prison custody by a Family Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Muritala, 76, was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the Isale-Afa area of Ibadan in July, he was arrested when the victim narrated her ordeal to the police and the defendant confessed to the crime.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, ordered that the case file be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice. The prosecutor, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji said the offence contravened Section 34 of the Child Rights Law 2006.
Ogunkanmi adjourned the case until October 23 for mention.
Meanwhile, in separate case in Lagos a 38-year-old man, Lucky Ugwauka, has been arraigned by the police in Badagry for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter.
Ugwauka, whose address was not provided, is charged with defilement, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug.16 at 6.00.p.m, at Abapasha St. in the Ojo area of Lagos.
Adeosun said the defendant defiled his 10-year-old daughter and threatened to kill her if she revealed the sexual abuse.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 139, 263 and 58 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Adekomaiya ordered that the sureties should be level 14 officers in the Civil Service.
He adjourned the case until Sept. 30 for mention
