A father, Chukwuma Eze, accused of defiling his teenage daughters, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos on the orders of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Eze, a resident of No. The prosecutor said that the defendant started defiling the girls when they were seven and eight years old, after the death of their mother. Granting the request of the prosecutor, Justice Soladoye ordered that Eze be remanded at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prisons till Oct. 28, when the case will come up for trial. NAN reports that the defendant, on hearing he was to be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, broke down in tears and begged the court for mercy.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 24, 2019 16:30 UTC