A 35-year-old man, Harrison Agu has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Lagos State, for allegedly defiling his 6-year-old daughter on countless occasions and in the process infecting her with a s3xually transmitted disease.
The man who resides at 23, Rotimi Omotosho Street, Isheri Osun, Lagos with his family was charged with indecent treatment of a minor, an offence that carries a seven-year imprisonment if found guilty.
The police prosecutor in the case,
Inspector Simon Imhonwa , had told the court that the father of three had been s3xually abusing his daughter for the past three years.
The accused began the assault in 2013 when the child’s mother was away for the compulsory one year NYSC.
It was during this period that the child fell ill with a serious infection in her genitals for the first time.
Thereafter, the mother of the child observed that the child’s genitals regularly produced a foul smell with discharges.
The mother took the child to the hospital where it was confirmed that she had been defiled and infected with the disease.
The mother said her child told her that Agu always asked her to remove her jeans and pants and then he will put his hand in her ‘bum bum’ (vagina) and if she refuses, he beats her.
The prosecutor said.
He further told the court that police investigations into the case further revealed that the child had been physically and emotionally abused since she was aged 3.
However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Magistrate,
Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, admitted him to bail in the sum of N500,000, and ordered that the file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.
The man who resides at 23, Rotimi Omotosho Street, Isheri Osun, Lagos with his family was charged with indecent treatment of a minor, an offence that carries a seven-year imprisonment if found guilty.
The police prosecutor in the case,
Inspector Simon Imhonwa , had told the court that the father of three had been s3xually abusing his daughter for the past three years.
The accused began the assault in 2013 when the child’s mother was away for the compulsory one year NYSC.
It was during this period that the child fell ill with a serious infection in her genitals for the first time.
Thereafter, the mother of the child observed that the child’s genitals regularly produced a foul smell with discharges.
The mother took the child to the hospital where it was confirmed that she had been defiled and infected with the disease.
The mother said her child told her that Agu always asked her to remove her jeans and pants and then he will put his hand in her ‘bum bum’ (vagina) and if she refuses, he beats her.
The prosecutor said.
He further told the court that police investigations into the case further revealed that the child had been physically and emotionally abused since she was aged 3.
However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Magistrate,
Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, admitted him to bail in the sum of N500,000, and ordered that the file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice.
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