A 26-year-old man, Emeka Utomi, was, yesterday, arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter, even as one Matthew Mbam, 21, was docked at same court for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The prosecutor, Simeon Inuoha, told the court that the Emeka called the girl into his room, inserted his finger into her vagina and was caught in the act by one of the co-tenants while Mbam invited his victim into his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand and defiled her. Chief Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi granted both accused N300,000 bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned Emeka's case till January 30, 2017 for mention.
