A 73-year old man who allegedly defiled a 13-year old girl, leading to
her pregnancy and birth of a baby, has been charged to the Family Court 6
in Ikeja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
The 73-year old man, Job
Onyemakiya has, however, denied the paternity of the child delivered by
the 13-year old girl (name withheld) in December 2011.The court, presided over by Chief Magistrate A. A. Oshoniyi has ordered a
DNA test to be conducted to ascertain the paternity of the baby and
ordered the 73-year old man to fund the test.
The DNA test will be
presented to the court in June when the case resumes as the judge had
earlier on 31 December, 2011 adjourned the case till June.
The case
is between the Commissioner of Police versus Job Onyemakiya while the
Office of the Public Defender, OPD, is holding brief for the girl.
The
charge sheet reads: “that you, Job Onyemakiya sometime in the month of
March, 2011 at about 1700 hours at 5, Oyesiku Street, Alapere in Ikeja
Division Magisterial District, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of
(name withheld), aged 13 and thereby committed an offence punishable
under section 221 of the criminal code, cap 32, Vol. 17 Laws of Lagos
State of Nigeria 2004.”
The case first came up for hearing in March
and the judge granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 while the
accused had been coming to court from home since them.
As at the time
the offence was allegedly committed, the defendant was a tenant in the
victim’s grandmother’s house while the girl was in Junior Secondary
School 3.
The matter was reported at the Alapere Police Station while
the accused was immediately arrested and charged to court for
defilement of a minor.
The girl, on her part alleged that the old man
slept with her three different times and warned her not to disclose the
act to anybody, alleging also that the man held her mouth from shouting
on the first occasion.
The OPD is still monitoring the girl as she and her grandmother reported at the OPD’s office two weeks ago.
via PM NEWS
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