An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 28-year-old man, Blessing Okon, in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly raping and fondling the breast of a 14-year-old girl.
Magistrate Mrs K. O. Doja-Ojo ordered the remand of the defendant after the charge of defilement was read in the court.
The court did not take his plea.
Magistrate Doja-Ojo ordered that the case file be duplicated and a copy sent to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), for legal advice.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of sexual assault.
Police prosecutor Peace Chukwudi told the court earlier that the defendant committed the alleged offence sometime in 2014.
Chukwudi said the incident took place around Ribadu Road Awolowo Way, Ikoyi Lagos.
She said the defendant sexually assaulted a teenager without her consent.
The prosecutor said that Okon also raped the victim and touching her breasts without her consent.
She said, “Okon sexually assaulted the teenager by raping her and touching her breast without her consent sometime in 2014”.
Magistrate Doja-Ojo, ordered that the defendant be remanded in Ikoyi custodial centre.
She also denied bail for the defendant.
She advised the defendant to apply for bail at the High Court, as the magistrate court can not grant him bail.
The case continues on December 19.