Court orders
50 years old man be remanded in custody for raping his 16-year-old daughter
A 50-year-old man, Gafar Anifowose, accused of allegedly
defiling his 16-year-old daughter, has been ordered to be remanded in jail by a
Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday.
The police charged Anifowose, who resides in Ikorodu area of
Lagos, with rape.
Chief Magistrate Mrs K.B. Ayeye, gave the order after the
defendant pleaded not guilty to raping his daughter.NAN reports
Magistrate Awe adjourned the case until June 3, for trial.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, ASP Thomas Nurudeen, told
the court that the defendant, on March 3, at about 9 a.m. at No. 5, Faniran
str., Ikorodu, Lagos, raped his 16-year-old daughter.
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He said that Anifowose raped his daughter twice and warned
her not to tell anyone about what he did.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section
137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sections 137
stipulates life imprisonment if convicted.