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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded 38-year-old Samuel Emmanuel to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly having anal sex with a minor.
Chief Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi refused to listen to the defendant’s plea and ordered his remand in Kirikiri Correctional Centre until January 25, for the director of public prosecution’s advice.
The defendant, a baker, who resides at Ileejo area, Lekki, Lagos, is tried for sexual assault.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed on November 25, at Ile-Ojo area, Ibeju, Lekki, Lagos.
Mr Akeem said that the defendant called the victim, a 12-year-old girl, who hawks cow skin, on the pretence that he wanted to buy.
The prosecutor said that the defendant dragged the girl inside his room and forcefully had anal sex on her.
