A 34-year old Togolese, Biola Muhammed, has been remanded at the Olokuta Correctional centre by an Akure Magistrate’s Court, for alleged def!lement of a 13-year old girl (name withheld).

 

The police charged the defendant, a farm labourer, with defilement of a minor.

 

The prosecutor, Augustine Omheneimhen, informed the court that the incident occurred at 9:30am on April 25, 2026, at No 32, Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army District, Owena Barrack, Akure.

 

Augustine alleged that the defendant had unlawful s3xual intercourse with the victim.

 

The offence contravenes Section 3(a) and is punishable under(b,c) of the Violence Against Persons Law of Ondo State, 2021.

 

The prosecutor further told the court that he would be relying on the statement of the victim, and her medical report from the 32, Brigade Medical Centre, Nigerian Army, Akure.

 

He urged the court to remand the defendant in the Olokuta Correctional Centre, pending the issuance of advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

 

The defendant, Muhammed, however, told the court that he did not know the victim or her mother, despite the mother’s allegation that he raped her daughter and seized the victim’s phone.

 

His counsel, G.O Bernard prayed the court to transfer the case to the Magistrate’s family court and the case adjourned to August 4, 2026.

 

The Magistrate, O.T. Lebi, ordered that the remand of the defendant at the Olokuta Correctional Centre pending DPP’s advice.

 

The case was adjourned to August 4, 2026.