For allegedly defiling
his friend’s 10-year-old daughter, Godwin Itta, was on Monday docked at an
Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Itta, a factory worker who resides at Balogun
Street, Orile Agege, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Rafael Donny, told the
court that Itta committed the offence on October 22 at Jibowu Street,
Orile Agege during a visit to his friend’s house.
He said, “The victim, a 10-year-old girl, was
the only person the accused met at home.
“The accused pulled the
girl on the floor and defiled her.”
The offence contravened Section 137 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused entered a non-guilty plea.
The chief magistrate, Mrs. Badejo Okusanya,
granted the accused to a bail of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case to December 12 for
mention.
-NAN
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