Child Abuse : A Man allegedly poked his finger into the “private” of a 3-month-old baby girl and deflowered her .

35yrs old Oladele Oladunmoni, has been arraigned in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos because he allegedly poked his finger into the “private” of a 3-month-old baby girl.

Oladele who resides at Dagbolu St., Idi-Iroko, Ikorodu, Lagos, is now facing a charge of child abuse.

The prosecutor, Inspector Rita Momah, told the court that

the accused committed the offence on January 18 at his residence. Momah said the accused, who lives in the same building with the mother of the baby, viciously forced his finger into the baby’s va-gi-na. A medical doctor who examined the baby, confirmed that she was defiled.

The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

According to NAN, Section 137 prescribes life imprisonment for offenders of child r*pe. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The case has been adjourned till March 14 for trial.