26-year-old Remanded For Defiling 3-year-old

A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Thursday, remanded a 26-year-old welder, Dare Ojo, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old child.

 The chief magistrate, Anthony Araba, ordered that Ojo be remanded in the Oba Prison.

 The prosecutor, Inspector Banji Sangotokun, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on February 15, 2014, at the Ogunji Estate, Somorin, Abeokuta.

 Her father had handed her over to Ojo, his friend, to help take her home but he took her into an uncompleted building and abused her.

 “He was caught in the act by a farmer who raised alarm and alerted people close to the building,’’ Sangotokun said.

 According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Laws of Ogun, 2006. Ojo pled not guilty to the charge. Araba adjourned the case to March 6.