News Investigators/ A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Life camp, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 55-year-old beggar, Lawal Saidu in Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre for allegedly attempting to sexually assaulting a minor.
The police charged Saidu with assault and criminal force.
He, however, denied the charge.
The Chief Magistrates, Musa Jobbo, denied the defendant’s oral bail request.
Jobbo said that the defendant must file a written application for bail.
The case was adjourned until Sept 24 for hearing.
The Prosecution Counsel, Charity Nwachukwu said that the complainant, the mother of the 11-year-old girl, reported the matter at the Life Camp police station on Aug 15.
Nwachukwu said told the court that the defendant tricked the minor into believing that he was sending her on a errand.
”The mother ran after her daughter and found her half naked on top of defendant,” the prosecution said..
The prosecutor said that the victim told her mother that the defendant touched her private parts.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 268 of the Penal Code Law.
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