
A 52- year-old trader, Emeka Nwobochi, who allegedly defiled a
14-year-old boy was on Wednesday remanded at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos, by an
Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, who refused to take plea of the
accused, said he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Nwobochi, whose address was not given, is being tried for
defilement.
The prosecutor, ASP. Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the
accused committed the offence on June 29, at Maza Maza Park, Lagos.
Ayorinde said that the accused sexually assaulted a 14-year-old
boy through anus.
“The accused assaulted the teenager by penetrating into his anus
with his sex organ,” he said.
He said the accused brought the boy from Abia.
“The accused brought the boy from village with the pretext of
sending him to school, because the boy’s father died and was abandoned by his
mother who had remarried.
“But instead, he turned him into a sex machine. When the boy
could no longer bear the pains, he told someone who reported the case to the
police which led to the arrest of the accused.”
The offence violated Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2015.
The Section 261 prescribes life imprisonment for offenders.
The case was adjourned until for August 13, 2018 for mention.
(NAN)
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