16-Year-Old Boy Defiles 2-Year-Old Child In An Uncompleted Building In Lagos

A 16-year-old, Azeez Ganiyu, who allegedly defiled a two-

year-old girl, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Apapa

Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Ganiyu, who resides at Ijora Badia area of Lagos, is

standing trial for child rape.

The Prosecutor, Soji Ojaokomo, told the court that the

accused committed the offence on April 16 at the same

address.

Ojaokomo said the accused called the girl and lured her

into a lonely place while her mother went to get food for

her.

   

Ojaokomo said, “Ganiyu took the girl to an uncompleted

building beside the house and defiled her.

“Her mother started looking for her child on her return

and she asked her neighbor, who said she left the girl to

play outside with other children.

“The mother said while she was searching for her child,

she heard her screaming from an uncompleted building

beside the house.

“When she got there, she saw Ganiyu satisfying his carnal

desires with the child.”

He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section

137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

In his ruling, the Magistrate, Patrick Adekomaiya, ordered

that the case file should be forwarded to the State Director

of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 137

prescribes life imprisonment for defilement of a minor.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The magistrate granted him bail in the sum of N50, 000

with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case to

May 5 for receipt of legal advice.