35-Year-Old Man Defiles 6-Year- Old Daughter In Lagos

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Harrison Agu, a 35-year-old man, has been
arrested for allegedly defiling his six-year-old
daughter, Vanguard reports.
Agu, who was arraigned before an Ikeja Chief
Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday,
November 8, over the assault on his
daughter, is said to be a resident of 23,
Rotimi Omotosho Street, Isheri Osun, Lagos.
The accused has pleaded not guilty to the
charge of indecent treatment of a minor
leveled against him, but the prosecutor,
Inspector Simon Imhonwa, told the court that
he (Agu) had regularly defiled the youngster
within the last three years, an offence which
contravenes Section 135 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State 2011.
File photo of a girl looking disturbed.
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He said: “The accused began the assault in
2013 when the child’s mother was away for
the compulsory one year NYSC.
“It was during this period that the child fell ill
with a serious infection in her genitals for the
first time.
“Thereafter, the mother of the child observed
that the child’s genitals regularly produced a
foul smell with discharges.”
He added that young girl told her mother that
her father always asked her to remove her
pants and then deep his fingers in her private
part after which the mother took the child to
the hospital where it was confirmed that the
child had been defiled.
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“The mother said her child told her that Agu
always asked her to remove her jeans and
pants and then he will put his hand in her
‘bum bum’ (vagina) and if she refuses, he
beats her,” the prosecutor informed, adding
that further interrogation showed that the
child had been physically and emotionally
abused since she was 3 years old.
Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, the Magistrate who
presided over the matter, admitted the
accused to bail in the sum of N500,000, with
two sureties in like sum and ordered that the
file be forwarded to the Director of Public
Prosecution (DPP) for further advice.
If found guilty, Agu faces seven-year
imprisonment.
About one month ago, a man was arrested
for allegedly defiling his daughter and
boasting that she does not need a boyfriend
because he satisfied her sexually.