35-Year-Old Man Defiles 2-Year-Old Daughter In Lagos, Wife Exposes Him

An Ikeja magistrate’s court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State,
has ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Peter Adida, in prison
custody for allegedly defiling his daughter.

Adida was arraigned by the police on one count bordering on the alleged crime before a magistrate, Mrs O. Sule-Amzat.

It was learnt that Adida was arrested after his wife lodged a complaint
at the Lamgbasa Police Station that he fondled their daughter’s private
parts.

The family lived on Oyelayo Olajisoye Street, Badore, Ajah, where the incident happened.

The
wife, Taiwo, had reportedly noticed some discharge from the private
parts of the two-year-old on November 15, 2018 and raised the alarm.

She was said to have prodded the kid, who allegedly accused her father of touching her private parts.

The case was later transferred to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State
Police Command headquarters in Ikeja and the suspect was charged to
court.

A police prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emerhi, who brought
Adida before the court, said the offence was punishable under Section
137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The charge read,
“That you, Peter Dada, sometime in November 2018, on Oyelayo Olajisoye
Street, Aja, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully defile a
two-year-old, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”

In the remand
warrant application filed before the court, the police gave the
narrative of the victim’s mother as regards the incident.

“One
Mrs Taiwo reported that her two-year-old daughter was defiled by her
father, one Peter Adida, 35. The complainant stated that on November 15,
2018, she noticed that her daughter was having some discharge in her
vaginal and that when she took her to a hospital, it was discovered that
there was penetration in her vaginal.

“She alleged that on
questioning her daughter, she told her that it was her father who
touched her (private parts). The suspect, however, made a statement,
denying the allegation.”

The presiding magistrate, Sule-Amzat, did not take the plea of the defendant.

She ordered that he be remanded in prison custody pending the outcome
of legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions on the
matter.