A father, Yahaya Oisamaiye has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 15-month old daughter in Edo state.
He was arraigned before Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo, who ordered his remanded in the correctional facility.
In case No. B/CD/470M/2022 in which the state Commissioner of Police is the complainant/applicant, “The suspect is to be remanded at Oko Correctional Centre for an initial period of 14 days pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Return date is on the 23rd day of March 2022”
The charge reads that “That you Yahaya Oisamaiye ‘m’ on or about the 7th day of February 2022, between 0500hrs – 0630hrs, at Brisbourne Iyamu Street, GRA, Benin City in the Benin Judicial Division, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of one Belta Oisamaiye ‘f’ aged 15 months and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 4 and punishable under Section 5 (1) of the Edo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law 2021.”
The police asked the court to remand the suspect pursuant to the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Edo State 2016 in Section 293(1).
The law provided that “when a suspect is arrested for an offence which a magistrate court has no jurisdiction to try shall within a reasonable time of arrest be brought before a high court for remand.”
The matter was adjourned to March 23, 2022 for legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
