{"id":163171,"date":"2025-05-19T22:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/court-remands-security-guard-for-raping-four-year-old-girl-in-lagos"},"modified":"2025-05-19T23:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:59:51","slug":"court-remands-security-guard-for-raping-four-year-old-girl-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/court-remands-security-guard-for-raping-four-year-old-girl-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Court remands security guard for raping four-year-old girl in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A Magistrate Court sitting in Ogudu, Lagos State, has ordered the remand of 22-year-old security guard, Ifeanyi Kelvin Udoka, over the alleged rape of a four-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding Magistrate, S.K. Matepo, directed that Udoka be held at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP,.<\/p>\n<p>The matter has been adjourned to June 25 for further proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Udoka was arraigned on Monday by the Lagos State Police Command on charges relating to the alleged defilement of the minor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat you, Ifeanyi Kelvin Udoka \u2018M\u2019, sometimes in May, 2025, at King Heritage School Ikosi Ketu in the Ikeja Magisterial district did defile one (name withheld) \u2018F\u2019, age 4 years old, by having canal knowledge of her and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 137 of the criminal law of Lagos State 2015,\u201d the charge sheet reads.<\/p>\n<p>According to the charge sheet, the alleged rape of the minor occurred at King Heritage School, located in Ikosi-Ketu.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the matter said the incident came to light when the child\u2019s grandmother observed strange behaviour after the girl returned home from school.<\/p>\n<p>The source explained that the child began urinating on herself uncontrollably during the day.<\/p>\n<p>The child told the woman that the security guard at the school touched her \u201cbum bum\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Ketu police station is prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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