An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a 28-year-old man, Zakari Jubril, for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl.

The Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Ajibade, who refused to take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre.

Ajibade directed the police to send the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for legal advice.

She adjourned the case until Feb. 17 pending the receipt of the DPP’s advice.

The police arraigned Jubril, who resides in the Command area of Lagos State, on charges of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.

The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Dec. 24, 2021, at his residence.

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“The defendant put his penis into the mouth of the girl and was caught in the act.

“The case was reported at the police station and the defendant was arrested,” she said.

Ajayi said that the offences committed violated Sections 137 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.