Court
Remands Man For Alleged Abduction.
Chief Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State, on
Wednesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Peter Ezekiel, who allegedly abducted
and defiled a 14-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre.
The police charged Ezekiel, whose address was not
provided, with two counts of abduction and defilement.
Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya, who did not take
Ezekiel’s plea, ordered that he be remanded in a correction centre pending when
bail would be granted in a High Court.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. told the court
that Ezekiel committed the offense sometimes in Dec. 2023, at Bakery Area of
Ashipa, Seme Border, Badagry, Lagos.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of
sections 411, 269, 261 and 263 of the 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State,
2015
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