Police arraign man for ‘defiling his 14-year-old daughter’ in Lagos

The Lagos police command has arraigned Audu Usman, a 60-year-old herder, over alleged defilement of his 14-year-old daughter.

Usman appeared at a Badagry chief magistrates court on Monday.

Ayodele Adeosun, a police inspector, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in 2019 at about 11.00 pm in the Ogboro area of Imeke, Badagry, Lagos.

Adeosun said after Usman defiled his daughter in 2019, he hired a nurse to terminate the pregnancy.

The police also charged one Faith Akapa, a 43-year-old auxiliary nurse, with unlawful abortion of the pregnancy.

“The two defendants conspired to commit felony to wit committing abortion,” the police inspector told the court.

“The offence contravened the provisions of sections 137, 261, 411 and 236 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.”

However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Patrick Adekomaiya, the chief magistrate of the court, ordered the defendants to pay the sum of N500,000 each, with two sureties in like sum, as bail.

Adekomaiya said one of the sureties must be an owner of a business or a manager in any organisation.

He subsequently adjourned the case to April 29 for hearing.