By Charles Abere
An 18-year-old, Festus Leonard has been arrested and charged with defiling his 17-year-old sister and impregnating her in Lagos State.
The incident occurred at Road Lekki Scheme II, Ajah, Lagos, and was reported to the Police at Ogombo Division.
According to the police, the victim was found roaming the road, talking alone, and revealed that her brother, Festus Leonard, had been having carnal knowledge of her without her consent, resulting in a five-month pregnancy.
Leonard was arrested, detained, and found culpable after thorough interrogation. He was charged before the Ogba Magistrates Court for defilement, which attracts several years of imprisonment under Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The court ordered his remand in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending the outcome of the DPP’s advice, which will determine if the matter will be transferred to the High Court ¹.
