On Thursday, the Ikeja Magistrates ‘ Court ordered that a caterer, Kingsley Mfontom,35, who supposedly defiled a five-year-old girl, be sent to a correctional facility in Kirikiri for Legal Advice.

Magistrate P.E Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Mfontom, ordered the police to duplicate and send the case file to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

Nwaka adjourned the case until Oct.16 for mention, NAN reports.

The defendant, who resides at No. 75, Olabode St., Off Governor’s Road, Ikotun, Lagos, was arraigned on charges of sexual harassment and defilement.

The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Christopher John, informed the court that the defendant had committed the offense at his residence.

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He said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 264 and 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The Nigerian News Agency (NAN) states that Section 261 prescribes life imprisonment for convicted offenders.

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