A 28-year-old operator of a commercial bus (danfo) in Lagos, Nnamdi Ikunor has been arraigned before the Lagos Magistrates Court sitting in Ikeja for s*xual assault of an eight-year-old girl.
Ikunor is facing a two-count charge of defilement before Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi.
Simon Imohnwa, the Prosecuting Inspector told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 7 at Adidas village in Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos.
The charge against the defendant reads: “That you Nnamdi Ikunor on July 7 at Adidas village, Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial district did unlawfully and indecently assaulted one (name withheld) eight-year old child by fingering her v**ina and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 135 of the criminal laws of Lagos State 2011.”
Inspector Imohnwa informed the court that the offence committed is punishable under section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.
The defendant meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi, however, granted the accused bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in the like sum before adjourning the case to September 7.
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