Court remands carpenter for allegedly defiling own daughter

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday remanded a 42-year-old carpenter, Abdulrahman Malik for allegedly defiling his 17-year-old daughter, (name withheld).

Our correspondent reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi remanded Malik in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending trial and determination of the case.

Rahman adjourned the case until Jan. 15.

Earlier, the Lagos State Government arraigned Malik on a three-count charge of defilement of a child, incapacitating in order to commit felony and sexual assault.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The State Lead Counsel, Mr Babajide Boye, had told the court that the defendant allegedly committed the offence between 2015 and 2020 in Elepe Royal Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos.

Boye submitted that the defendant drugged the minor with sleep-inducing medication with an intent to have unlawful sex with her..

According to the prosecution, the offence contravenes the provisions of Sections 137, 263 and 239 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.