Tenant in Ibadan is placed on detention by the court after he is accused of assaulting his landlord’s 7-year-old daughter

On Wednesday, August 21, in Ibadan, an Iyaganku Family Court remanded Kareem Mojeed, a renter, to the Agodi Correctional Facility for allegedly abusing his landlord’s seven-year-old daughter.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take Mojeed’s plea ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions(DPP) for advice.

Ogunkanmi adjourned the case until October 14, 2024, for DPP’s advice.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji, told the court that Mojeed committed the offence on July 21 at 5.00p.m. at Ebedi area of Ibadan .

Adedeji said that Mojeed lured the girl into his room and defiled her.

The police said the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 34 of the Oyo State Child’s Rights Law, 2006.