A 36-year-old man, Roland Okajere, has been remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional Center by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, for allegedly raping his 18-year-old daughter inside of his shop in the state’s Ikotun neighborhood.
Following the defendant’s Monday arraignment on a case that the police have filed against him that borders on rape, the magistrate, Mr. L. A. Owolabi, issued the order.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Esther Igbineweka, informed the court that the defendant committed the crime on January 4, 2023.
The prosecution stated that the offense committed is criminal by Section 260 of the Lagos State Criminal Code from 2015.
The magistrate rejected the defendant’s plea, according to the charge.
The charge read; “That you, Roland Okajere, on January 4, 2023, at your shop at Ikotun Bus Stop, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did rape your daughter, 18, by having sexual intercourse with her without her consent and thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The defendant’s plea was also rejected by the magistrate.
According to Owolabi, the defendant would be held without bail for 30 days until the Director of Public Prosecutions gives advice.
The matter was adjourned for mention to April 12, 2023.
