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Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday slammed a N2m bail on a landlord
charged with defiling his tenant’s seven-year-old daughter.
The
accused, John Ogunsola, 40, who resides at 61, Olatunde St., Oke Ira, Ogba,
Lagos, is standing trial on a count.
He,
however, pleaded not guilty.
The Chief
Magistrate, Mrs Yewande Aje-Afunwa, who noted that the offence could attract
life imprisonment, ordered that Ogunsola should also provide two sureties in
like sum.
“The
sureties must own residential property in Lagos State, be recognised community
or religious leaders. They must show evidence of tax payment and gainful
employment,” she directed.
The chief
magistrate added that one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the
accused.
She
adjourned the case to July 7 for hearing.
Earlier,
the Prosecutor, Insp Peter Nwangwu, told the court that the accused committed
the offence on May 27 at his residence.
He said
the accused took advantage of the minor and sexually assaulted her.
“Ogunsola
had, on the fateful day, called the minor to purchase a bottle of Pepsi drink
for him. When she arrived with the drink, he told her to bring it to him in his
room.
“He then
indecently assaulted her by inserting his finger into her private part,” the
prosecutor said.
Nwangwu
said that investigations revealed that Ogunsola had defiled the child on four
previous occasions.
He said a
tenant in the compound, in whom the child confided, alerted the girl’s mother
to the defilement.
Nwangwu
said Ogunsola was arrested after the matter was reported to the police.
The
prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
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