An Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo has remanded one Azeez Quadri for defiling a minor.
The plea of the defendant was not taken by the court and the magistrate, Dr Segun Ayilara, who remanded him at the Ilesha Correctional Centre.
The prosecutor, Elisha Olusegun, said 20-year-old Quadri, who was arraigned on Friday, had on March 6, 2021, in the Ara area of Ede indecently assaulted the girl.
The charge sheet brought by the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Elisha Olusegun, read, “that you Quadri Azeez on March 6, 2021 at Ara area, Ede, unlawful have carnal knowledge and indecently assault one girl (name withheld) thereby committed an offence punishable under sections 358 and 360 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002.”
Dr Ayilara refused to take the plea of the defendant.
Responding to questions from the court, Quadri said: “I always feel like raping girls that come my way, I always feel unease when I sight any girl, my parent has been going about for spiritual solution to my problem before I rape this girl. This is the first girl I will ever rape.”
He blamed his misdeed on spiritual attack.
The Magistrate ordered that he should be remanded in Ilesha Correctional Centre and adjourned the case till March 15, 2021.
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