A 52-year-old man, Emmanuel Orekoya, has been remanded in prison for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter in the Itire area of Lagos State.
Orekoya was arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for unlawfully inserting finger into his daughter’s private parts and having carnal knowledge of her.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Osagiede Orobosa, told the court that the accused committed the crime sometime in 2017 at his residence on Jacob Adeleye Street, Odo-Eran, Itire, Lagos State.
The charges read in part, “That you, Emmanuel Orekoya, of Jacob Adeleye Street, Odo-Eran, Itire, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of your daughter (name withheld) by inserting your manhood into her private parts, sometime in 2017, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
The Chief Magistrate, Folarin Williams, ordered that the accused be remanded pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
The matter was adjourned till January 16, 2023.