An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on
Thursday ordered that Charles Yoroh should be remanded in prison custody for
allegedly defiling a minor.
Yoroh (56) is to be remanded, pending an advice from
the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions. The Magistrate, Mrs Olufunke
Sule-Amzat, who gave the order, adjourned the case until July 15.
The defendant, who resides at Iyana Ipaja, Lagos
State, is facing a charge of defilement.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, an Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP), Benson Emuerhi, told the court that Yoroh committed the
offence on May 3 at Aboru Hotel in Iyana Ipaja.
Emuerhi alleged that Yoroh lured a 14-year-old girl
to a hotel and unlawfully defiled her by forcefully having sexual intercourse
with her.
The prosecutor said that the defendant was
apprehended by the police and that the case was referred to the Gender Section
at the Ikeja Police Command for further investigation. He added that the
offence contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Section
137 prescribes 14 years imprisonment for defilement, if found guilty.
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