KINGSLEY EBERE
A 50-year old security guard, Mohammed Sanni, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly engaging his neighbour’s 13-year old girl in sex romp inside an uncompleted building.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Obidiegwe Street, Iyana School, Iba area of Lagos, where they reside.
According to the Police, the suspect, Sanni, lured the victim to the place after he offered her something, which she ate and thereafter he engaged her in sex severally. And having satisfied himself, he allowed her to go.
However, the whole thing got exposed after the victim’s mother returned from the market and searched for her. Later at night, the mother saw her coming out from the uncompleted building.
The mother asked to know what she was doing there during that hour of the night. At that point, she opened up and revealed that Sanni took her to the place, offered her suya to eat and thereafter, engaged her in sex.
The matter was reported to the Police in the area and Sanni was arrested. He was later transferred to the Gender Section of the State Police Command for interrogation over his alleged conduct.
After interrogation, the Police found him culpable and subsequently charged him before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.
However, the Court did not take his plea when he was arraigned following a motion moved by the prosecutor, Inspector Lucky Ihiehie, 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. O.A. Layinka, ordered his remand in custody at the correctional centre 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 for mention for the report of the DPP’s advice to be available, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court or not over jurisdiction.