The Police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a Togolese herbalist, Friday Samuel, 37, before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old daughter.
The Prosecutor, ASP Soji Ojaokomo, told the court that Samuel, who married a deceased Nigerian woman from Abia State, resides in Igbede New Site, Ajangbadi, Ojo, a Lagos suburb.
Ojaokomo said that accused faced a three-count charge of indecent assault, unlawful defilement and impregnating his daughter.
He said that Samuel committed the offences at his residence on Jan. 16, 2014, at 8.30 p.m.
The prosecutor said that the accused, who is the biological father of the 13-year-old daughter, had been constantly having unlawful sexual intercourse with her, before he eventually impregnated her.
“The accused was fond of fondling with his daughter and constantly having sexual intercourse with her, without the victim’s consent,’’ he said.
Ojaokomo said that the daughter reported the matter to her sister when she could no longer bear the sexual assault.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 116 (d), 135 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
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