29-year-old Man Remanded In Kirikiri For S3xually Assaulting Nine-year-old Boy

A 29-year-old man identified as Opara Elisha has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Magistrate court on Thursday, April 6, for allegedly penetrating the an*s of a 9-year-old boy in the Meiran part of Lagos State.

The police arrested the suspect in February 2023 and brought him before the court on a one-court charge bordering on s3xual assault.

The police prosecutor, DSP K. Ajayi told the court that the offence committed is punishable under Section 261 of the Criminal law of Lagos State 2015.

The charge read;

“That you Opara Elisha sometime in the month of February 2023 at No. 12 Imam Abubakar Street, Meiran area of Lagos State in the Lagos Magisterial District did s3xually assaulted one Clearcut Dania ‘m’ 9yrs by penetrating his an*s with your p3nis and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.''

Magistrate E. Kubenje did not take the plea of the defendant and adjourned the case till May 3 for mention.