Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 72-year-old man, Patrick Ukpenor in prison custody for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
Magistrate E.Kubrinhe remanded Ukpebor at Kirikiri Correctional Centre where he will be until August 13 for trial.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court did not take Ukpenor’s plea after the charge was read.
The prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem told the court that Ukpenor committed the offence on July 4 at Amutu Street, Ilasamaja, Lagos.
Iberedem submitted that the septuagenarian sexually assaulted the six-year-old girl.
The prosecution said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 261, 263(1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Sexual assault attracts a three-year jail term while sexual assault by penetration is punishable by life imprisonment if convicted.
