FATHER ALLEGEDLY RAPES 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN LAGOS

A 30-year-old father, Nyime Nbride, was on Thursday, remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State, for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter.

Nbride, who lives at Ajegunle Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, is facing three-count of defilement, sexual assault, and indecent treatment of a child, preferred against him by the police.

The Chief Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction.

Kubeinje ordered the police to return the case file to the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice and adjourned the case till November 13, 2022.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Kehinde Ajayi, had told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 22, 2022.