A 54-year-old man, Jegede Folorunsho, has been remanded to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl in the Mushin area of Lagos State.
The defendant was on Monday, November 20, 2023, charged with defilement of the minor before Magistrate O.M. Ajayi sitting before a Magistrate Court in the Ebute Metta area of the state.
The police brought Folorunsho with a remand application seeking that the defendant be remanded in prison custody while requesting the court to permit them to duplicate and send the case file to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
The police prosecutor, Paul Ugorji, told the court that Folorunsho allegedly raped the victim at No 4 Adegbite Lane, Mushin, Lagos on October 4, 2023.
According to Ugorji, the defendant was arrested by the Mushin Police Division following complaints by the victim and the case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for discreet investigation.
Ugorji said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
The police, however, presented before the court a confessional statement written by the defendant.
The charge accompanied by the 12-paragraph remand application read, “That you, Jegede Folorunsho, on October 4, 2023, at No 4 Adegbite Lane, Mushin Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did defile one girl (name withheld), a minor of eight years, by having carnal knowledge of her and thereby, committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
Following the remand application, the defendant’s plea was not taken.
The magistrate granted the prayer of the police and ordered that the defendant be remanded to the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
She also ordered that the case file be sent to the DPP for legal advice.
She further adjourned the case till December 15, 2023, for the DPP’s advice.
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I think that serve him right,you commit a crime you go for it,how can a matured man go into defiling a small girl,people like that are wizard,they are crafty,they should rot in jail
Let him serve and face the consequences of his actions.
Since he can’t control himself.
But then, there are questions begging for answer
*Where is the man’s wife
*Where was the parents of the child
*How was the child dressed
*Where was the child seen by the man
This is one of the many reasons I stopped Doubting my preacher when he says We are leaving Exactly in the END PART of the WORLD.Many kinds of WICKEDNESS that were RARE in the days of our FATHERS Now happening on a daily basis.Otherwise I see No reason why a reasonable young man would leave all the Adult female in his Street and go After a MINOR.May the Good Lord have Mercy on MY GENERATION.
This life is truly coming to an end, what type of madness is that, 54years old man. Even to those guys dating underage there should also be a punishment for that dating someone under 18years
This is getting out of hand, what will a reasonable man find in the body of a small girl? I proposed that he should be castrated before going to prison.