A lecturer, (name withheld), has been arrested and arraigned for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old biological daughter.
According to The PUNCH, this was made known by the state Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency in a press statement issued by its executive secretary, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi.
The agency stated that the case was reported by the mother of the victim.
The statement said, “The case was reported by the mother of the victim to the agency in January 2023. According to the information the DSVA gathered, the last abuse happened on December 30, 2022.
“During the court proceedings at Ogba, the mother of the victim allegedly said that her husband had stopped being intimate with her since 2018 and anytime she tried to address it, it always resulted in him physically assaulting her.
“The lecturer was arraigned before Magistrate B. V. Osunsanmi on February 3, 2023, at the Samuel Ilori Magistrate Court 1, Ogba, for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old biological daughter and was also alleged to have been having carnal knowledge of her since 2018.
“He was charged on two counts of defilement and sexual assault by penetrations which were contrary to and punishable under Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
According to Vivour-Adeniyi, the defendant’s plea was not taken, and the court ordered that the offender be held at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility pending legal counsel from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
