Lagos Decries Rise In Domestic Child Abuse, As Lecturer Defiles 10-Year-Old Daughter
Category: Lagos News
Following the arrest of a lecturer over an allegation of having
unlawful s3xual intercourse with his biological daughter in Lagos State, the
state Domestic and S3xual Violence Agency has decried the rise in such cases
in the state.
The Executive Secretary for the agency, Titilola
Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement, said the agency got to know about the
development when the victim’s mother reported the case to officials of the
agency.
The statement said, “The case was reported by the mother
of the victim to the agency in January 2023. According to the information the
DSVA gathered, the last abuse happened on December 30, 2022.
“During the court proceedings at Ogba, the mother of the victim
allegedly said that her husband had stopped being intimate with her since 2018
and anytime she tried to address it, it always resulted in him physically
assaulting her.
“The lecturer was arraigned before Magistrate B. V.
Osunsanmi on February 3, 2023, at the Samuel Ilori Magistrate Court 1, Ogba,
for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old biological daughter and was also
alleged to have been having carnal knowledge of her since 2018.
“He was charged on two counts of defilement and s3xual assault by
penetrations which were contrary to and punishable under Sections 137 and 261
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
Vivour-Adeniyi said the
defendant’s plea was not taken, adding that the court ruled that the
perpetrator be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending the
Directorate of Public Prosecutions’ legal advice.
She also noted
that the case was adjourned to March 6, 2023.
Vivour-Adeniyi,
however, urged residents to continue to break the culture of silence by
reporting cases of abuse, stressing that all forms of abuse were crimes
against the state.
She said holistic support would be made
available to survivors as perpetrators would be made to face the full wrath of
the law.
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