A 37-year-old father Identified as Okoro Odia, appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates Court sitting in Lagos on today for allegedly inserting pepper into daughter’s private part.
Okoro was arrested for the inhumane act
towards his 10-year-old daughter and
remanded in prison. Standing trial on a three-count of indecent treatment, attempt to commit murder and assault. Prosecutor Ihiehie Lucky told the court that the
accused committed the alleged offences
sometime in June and August.
According to Ihiehie, Okoro, a furniture maker, unlawfully and indecently dealt with his daughter. He said the step-mother, Abayomi Maria, reported that the accused always beat up the girl. The prosecutor added that the complainant told the police that Okoro, in June used a dog chain to tie the girl to a ceiling fan and left her there because she failed to submit his lotto number to the agent. He told the court that the indecent assault on
the girl was reported by the step-mother, Maria to the Ketu Police Station.
The prosecutor and the stepmother explained that ”When he saw that she failed, he indecently punished her. He told her to lie down and he put the dry pepper inside her private part, in her eyes and all over her body. Her screams alerted
the step-mother who tried to stop him but he beat her up.”
Ihiehie said the offences contravened sections 135, 228(1) and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
When the charges were read to the father, he denied the charges. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs Temitope Oladele in her ruling granted bail to the accused
in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Oladele said that the sureties must deposit
N100,000 each into the Chief Registrars
account, show evidence of gainful employment in a reputable organisation with evidence of tax payment and their addresses verified by the court.
The case was adjourned till Oct. 13 for mention.
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