MICHAEL AKINOLA
A 31-year-old security guard, Bashiru Ibrahim, who was arrested in Lagos State for allegedly inserting finger into the private part of a 5-year old girl, has told the Police that he was only checking something inside it.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the guard, Ibrahim, has been charged for sexual assault on the victim.
According to the Police, the guard lured the victim into his apartment and sexually molested her by putting his finger into her private part and while he was in the act, the mother caught him.
The matter was reported to the Police in the area. The guard was arrested and transferred to the Gender Section of the State Police Command for interrogation over his alleged conduct.
After interrogation at the Gender Section, the Police found him culpable and charged him before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence.
However, the Court did not take his plea when he was arraigned following a motion moved by the prosecutor, Supol Akeem Raji, asking the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for legal advice because of the nature of the alleged offence.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, ordered his remand in the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice. And she directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP for advice.
The matter was adjourned till 5th September, 2024, for mention for the report of the DPP’s advice to be ready, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Supol Akeem Raji, told the Court that the alleged offence contravened Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.