A 58-year-old security guard Johnson Okon accused of raping his 14-year-old daughter has been remanded on Thursday by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Mr Okon is to spend the next 34 days at the Kirikiri Prisons, according to the chief magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi.
The court could not take the plea of the accused as Mrs Osunsanmi said that the court needed the advice of the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions.
The security guard who resides on Abule Berger in Ikorodu, Lagos, is facing a count charge of rape.
Police prosecutor Raphael Donny had told the court that the accused committed the offence sometime in 2018 at his residence.
Mr Donny said that Okon raped the daughter after she came back from school on the fateful day.
“The girl told her uncle how her father had been molesting her sexually.
“The uncle later disclosed it to the girl’s mother, and the case was brought to a police station.
“Upon interrogation, the girl told the police that her father had been raping her,” Donny said.
He added that the offence contravened Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The chief magistrate later adjourned the case until January 23, 2019 for mention.
