A 58-year-old driver, Emmanuel Egejuru, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl.
The accused, a resident of 10, Mutiu Street, Ipaja, Lagos State, is charged with defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Mrs. Mosunmola Balogun, told the court that the accused committed the offence on February 22, 2015 at his residence.
She said the accused, a father of five, followed the victim (name withheld) who is his neighbour's daughter, when she went to the toilet.
"He overpowered the child and had unlawful sexual intercourse with her in the toilet," she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Justice Sedotan Ogunsanya granted the accused bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum. She adjourned the case till March 23 for trial.
Also, an Ile-Ife Chief Magistrates' Court in Osun State, on Monday, remanded a 25-year-old man, Seun Adeoti, in prison over rape of three girls.
Adeoti was arraigned on a three-count charge of gross indecency, threat to lives and unlawful sexual intercourse with girls who were 14, 15 and 16 years old.
Police prosecutor, Sergeant Sunday Osanyintuyi, said the offences were committed on December 4 around 1:00 p.m. at Akui Street, Ile-Ife.
Osanyintuyi alleged that the offences contravened sections 86, 360 and 516 of the state’s Penal Code.
He explained to the court that the accused had a gang that committed the immoralities together by hiding themselves in uncompleted buildings or laying ambush.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Risikat Olayemi, ordered his defence counsel, Mrs Roseline Oke, to come with a formal application for the bail of her clients.
Olayemi adjourned the case till February 29 for hearing of the bail application.
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