MICHAEL AKINOLA
A 45-year old man, Monday Nnadozie, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his two biological daughters aged 12 and 6 years over a period of two years.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Pello Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos, where they reside.
According to the Police, the man started defiling the two victims from 2022 by forcefully engaging them in sex and warning them not to tell anyone about it.
However, when the older one could not bear it any longer, she confided in her mother what she was passing through whenever the mother was not around.
The mother then reported the matter to the Police. The man was arrested and transferred to the Gender Section of the State Police Command for interrogation over his alleged conduct.
During interrogation, he denied the dastardly act until the victims confronted him and he was then unable to deny any longer. The Police found him culpable and consequently charged him before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts life imprisonment.
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.
Thus, the Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, ordered his remand in custody at the the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send it to the DPP.
The matter was adjourned till 17th October, 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.