An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Home Violence Court docket yesterday remanded a center aged man, Godwin Uzodinma, on the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old woman.
Uzodinma, was arraigned on a two depend of sexual assault by penetration and defilement, most well-liked towards him by the Lagos State Authorities.
The defendant, nevertheless, pleaded not responsible to the cost. Justice Rahman Oshodi granted him bail within the sum of N50 million with two sureties in like sum.
Oshodi ordered that the 2 sureties needs to be gainfully employed and may present proof of two years tax fee to the state.
He mentioned the addresses of the sureties needs to be verified by the court docket registrar and the defendant ought to submit his Worldwide Passport to the court docket In response to him, the cost towards the defendant is a extreme one and he might presumably be absent in court docket to face trial.
The decide thereafter remanded Uzodinma pending the achievement of his bail situation and adjourned the case till Feb. 19, 2025 for graduation of trial.
The Lagos State Counsel, Ms Buko- la Okeowo, had earlier instructed the court docket that the defendant dedicated the offences someday in 2017 and 2019, on Shogunle Road, Ikeja.
Okeowo submitted that the defendant allegedly defiled the minor, by having illegal sexual activity along with her. She mentioned that the defendant inserted his organ into the minor’s anus. In response to her, the offences vio- late Sections 137 and 261 of the Felony Legislation of Lagos State, 2015. The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that Sections 137 and 261 appeal to life imprisonment respectively, if discovered responsible
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