NAN-H-17
Defilement
By Boboye Moronke
Lagos, Nov. 24, 2016(NAN) For allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl, Matthew Mbam,21, was on Thursday docked at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused apprentice, who resides at Alakuko , a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for defilement.
The prosecutor, Insp. Simeon Inuoha, told the court that the offence was committed at the accused residence.
Inuoha said that the accused invited the victim into his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand and defiled her.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
The chief magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused bail of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Osunsanmi adjourned the case to Jan. 23, 2017 for mention. (NAN)
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Edited by Bola Akingbehin, Peter Dada
Man, 21, docked for allegedly defiling 12-year-old
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