A 48-year old man, Tony Nkwocha, shocked many at a Lagos Police Station and who was arrested for allegedly engaging a 9-year old girl in sex for the past 7 months that the victim was his girlfriend.
The sordid incident happened at Close 45 House at Satellite Town, Lagos where they reside. He was apprehended and transferred to the Gender Section of the Command in Ikeja, Lagos for proper interrogation and Investigation.
The Police alleged that the suspect, Nkwocha, had been sleeping with the victim since January 2020 till 3rd July 2020, when he was eventually caught and exposed. After he was caught, the girl revealed that he had warned her not to tell anybody what they were doing and she kept it.
The action has landed Nkwocha in trouble as he may spend the rest of his life in prison as the Police found him culpable, charged him before the Ogba Magistrates Court and he was remanded in Correctional Centre.
The Court did not take his plea after the prosecutor, Supol Bisi Ogunleye, asked the Court to refer the matter to the DPP for advice.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs E Kubunje, ordered his remand in custody without an option of bail and directed the prosecutor to duplicate the file and send to the DPP for advice.
The matter was adjourned till 26th September 2020, for the report of the DPP to be available while the defendant will be in custody pending the outcome of the report.
The case may likely be transferred to the High Court if the DPP finds him culpable and recommends his trial for defilement.
