A Lagos Excessive Courtroom sitting in Ikeja has ordered the remand of a Nigerian Railways employee, Festus Nwaegela, within the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for the alleged sexual assault of a seven-year-old woman.
The trial decide, Justice Oyindamola Ogala, ordered Nwaegela’s remand after he was arraigned on a two-count bordering on defilement and sexual assault introduced towards him by the state authorities.
The state counsel, Mr Olugasa Azeez, advised the court docket that the defendant had unlawfully had sexual activity with a seven-year-old woman on 18 December 2023.
He was additionally accused of sexually assaulting the identical minor by penetrating her anus, an offence opposite to Part 261 of the identical legislation.
The prosecution mentioned his offence was additionally opposite to the provisions of Part 137 of the Prison Legislation of Lagos State, 2015.
Nwaegela pleaded not responsible to all of the counts learn to him. Following his plea, Azeez prayed the court docket for a trial date and the issuance of witness summons.
Justice Ogala, nonetheless, ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility pending trial and adjourned the case to 19 November 2025 for listening to.
