MICHAEL AKINOLA
A 28-year old man, Agboola Adebayo, has been remanded in custody at the correctional centre in Lagos State for defiling a 9-Month old baby after he confessed before the Court to have committed the dastardly act.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the remand was ordered by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Court on Monday, 8th January, 2024, after Adebayo was arraigned and he pleaded guilty before the Court.
The Lagos State Government arraigned Adebayo on a two-count charge of defilement and causing grievous harm to the baby under the Criminal Law of the State and he pleaded guilty.
Justice Rahman Oshodi thereafter ordered Adebayo remanded at the correctional facility and adjourned the case till March 25, 2024, for a hearing.
Earlier, the State Prosecution Counsel, Bukola Okeowo, told the Court that Adebayo committed the offence on 23rd March, 2023, at the White Sand Area of Ijora, Badiya, Lagos.
Okeowo submitted that the defendant defiled the baby by having unlawful sexual intercourse with her.
The prosecutor also said that the defendant unlawfully caused grievous harm to the child by inflicting serious injuries on her vagina. The offence contravenes the Criminal Laws of Lagos State (2015) and is punishable by life imprisonment.
The defendant having pleaded guilty to the charge before the Court risks several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment if the Court finds him guilty as charged and sentences accordingly.