Ondo Court Remands 62-Year-Old Man Over Alleged Defilement of 12-Year-Old Girl

A 62-year-old man, Imeje Matthew Daniel, was arraigned before the Ondo State Family Magistrates Court in Akure. He faces two counts of indecent assault and defilement under Sections 218 and 221 of the Criminal Code Law. The Police Prosecutor presented a medical report from the Ondo State Specialist Hospital (Mother and Child) to support the allegation that the victim was defiled. He urged the court to remand the defendant at Olokuta Correctional Centre pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions. The defendant claimed he was intoxicated on the day of the incident and could not remember the events. His counsel, M.C. Otega, objected to the charges as wrongly framed given the victim’s age and challenged the admissibility of the handwritten medical report.

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