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By Emmanuel Adeleke
A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has remanded a visually impaired man, Francis Ugachukwu, to Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl.
Justice Abiola Soladoye on Wednesday remanded Ugachukwu pending the hearing and filing of his bail application.
The defendant was arraigned on one count charge of defilement.
The state prosecution counsel, Abimbola Abolade, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in November 2022, at No. 16 Kareem Giwa Street, Abule-Osun, Ojoo, Lagos State.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Soladoye adjourned the case till October 18, for a hearing of the bail application and commencement of trial.