Court Remands School Housemaster Over Alleged Defilement Of Minor

A 43-year-old boarding school housemaster, Adema Ogunbiyi, has been remanded in Kirikiri custodial facility, by the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, over the alleged defilement of a 12-year-old boy.

Chief Magistrate, E.Kubeinje, ordered that Ogunbiyi be kept at the facility pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions.

The court did not take the plea of Ogunbiyi.

Kubeinje, however, adjourned the case until July 24, for mention.

The Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem had earlier informed the court that the suspect committed the offence sometime on June 18 between the hours of 10:00pm and 11:30pm.

Iberedem said that the incident happened at St Francis Catholic Secondary School located at Idimu Road, Ikotun-Lagos.

The prosecutor alleged that the suspect, who is a housemaster in the school, s3xually assaulted the boy.

He said that the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Section 261 prescribes life imprisonment for such offences.