An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on Thursday remanded a 72-year-old man, Patrick Ukpenor in a correctional centre for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
Magistrate E.Kubrinhe remanded Ukpebor at Kirikiri Correctional Centre where he will be until Aug. 13 for trial.
The court did not take the Ukpenor after the charge was read.
The prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem told the court that Ukpenor committed the offence on July 4 at Amutu Street, Ilasamaja, Lagos State.
Iberedem submitted that the septuagenarian sexually assaulted the six-year-old girl.
The prosecution said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 261,263(1)of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Sexual assault attracts a year’s jail term while sexual assault by penetration is punishable by life imprisonment if convicted.
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