An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Temitope Agbebiyi be remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl.
The Magistrate, Mrs Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take Agbebiyi’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
Kubeinje directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
She adjourned the case until July 13 for DPP’s advice.
The police charged Agbebiyi who resides at Mafoluku, Oshidi area of Lagos State, with raping and indecent treatment of a child.
The Prosecution Counsel DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Suru committed the offence sometime in January at Wahab Larinde Street, Mafoluku.
She said that Agbebiyi lured the girl to his house and raped her and the offence had resulted in pregnancy.