36 YEAR OLD BUSINESSMAN ARRAIGNS OVER ALLEGED DEFILEMENT OWN DAUGHTER

“The mother, while bathing the girl, noticed that she usually cry anytime she washes her private parts. She decided to take her to hospital for a medical check-up and it was at the hospital that the child was confirmed to have been defiled’, he told the court.

The prosecutor added “The child’s mother said it was only the father she left the girl with when she went to buy something. The case was reported at the police station and the father of the baby was arrested for questioning,’’ the prosecutor.

Penpushing reports that, the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which is punishable with life imprisonment.

The Chief Magistrate, P. E. Nwaka, directed that the case file be sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice and fixed for July 11 for mention.