72-year-old Man Remanded Over S3xual Assault Of 6-year-old Girl In Lagos

A 72-year-old man, Patrick Ukpenor, was on Thursday, remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over the alleged s3xual assault of a 6-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 s3xually 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.

S3xual assault attracts a three-year jail term while s3xual assault by p3netration is punishable by life imprisonment if convicted.