Alleged defilement: Court orders remand of defendant pending DPP advice

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered the remand of a 26-year-old man, Jeremiah Chukwu, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s underaged daughter.

The defendant was charged by the police, but the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Omolara Kushanu, did not take his plea.

The court, ordered that he be remanded in custody, pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

She adjourned the case untill March 15.

According to the charge, the defendant was accused of defilement.

The prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, alleged that he committed the offence on Oct. 22, 2025, at Block 11, Camp 1, Nigeria Army Cantonment Barracks, Ojo, Lagos.

He alleged that the defendant sexually molested his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter.

The prosecution alleged that the victim eventually confided in her mother, and told her that the defendant had been molesting her since 2022, adding that he had threatened to kill her if she ever spoke out.

The prosecutor said the offence contravenes the provisions of section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.