CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A 16-year old boy has told the Police in Lagos State that he has been thinking about sex and so he decided to taste it with their neighbour’s 4-year old girl and he was caught in the act.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Wole Oladukun Street off Dele Ojo, Meiran area of Lagos State, where both the suspect and victim’s parents reside.
The Police alleged that the suspect lured the little girl, removed her pants, and penetrated her private part forcefully before he was caught by the girl’s parents.
Angered by his action, the girl’s parents reported the conduct to the Police. He was arrested, detained for interrogation and in the course of interrogation, he reportedly admitted to have done so to have an experience of what sex was like.
The Police found him culpable and subsequently charged him before the Ogba Magistrates Court for the alleged offence.
When he was arraigned, the Court did not take his plea following a motion moved by the prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, asking the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for advice since both are minors.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. E. Kubenije, ordered his remand in juvenile detention pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice while she directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP.
The matter was adjourned till 25th October, 2022, for the report of the DPP to be available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.
The names of both the defendant and victim were withheld in line with the policy of P.M.EXPRESS to protect minors in the face of the law of Lagos State.