Court remands unemployed man for alleged abduction, defilement of minor

<p>An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Friday, remanded a 31-year-old unemployed man, Lawal Rasaq, who allegedly abducted and defiled a teenager.</p>, <p>The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of abduction and defilement.</p>, <p>The prosecutor, Mrs Olawunmi Osibanjo, told the court that Rasaq committed the offences from July 29 to Aug. 8 on Ireshe Road, Alagbonmeta, Ikorodu.</p>, <p>Osibanjo said that Rasaq abducted the 17-year-old to his house and had canal knowledge of her, in contravention of Sections 268 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.</p>, <p>The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.B. Olagbegi-Adelabu, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he be remanded at the Kirikiri custodial facility.</p>, <p>She ordered that the case file be sent to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.</p>, <p>Olagbegi-Adelabu adjourned the case until September 7 for mention.</p>