A high court sitting in Edo State has remanded a father, Yahaya Oisamaiye, for allegedly defiling his 15-month-old daughter.
The case, which was presided over by Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo ordered that Oisamaiye be remanded pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
In an enrolment order in charge number B/CD/470M/2022 between Commissioner of Police versus Yahaya Oisamaye, the judge said “The suspect is to be remanded at Oko Correctional Centre for an initial period of 14 days pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Return date is on the 23rd day of March 2022.”
The charge against the suspect reads “That you Yahaya Oisamaiye ‘m’ on or about the 7th day of February 2022, between 0500hrs – 0630hrs, at Brisbourne Iyamu Street, GRA, Benin City in the Benin Judicial Division, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of one Belta Oisamaiye ‘f’ aged 15 months and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 4 and punishable under Section 5 (1) of the Edo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law 2021.″
In the motion, the police had argued that their reason for the request for remand is based on the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Edo State 2016 in Section 293(1) which provided that “when a suspect is arrested for an offence which a magistrate court has no jurisdiction to try shall within a reasonable time of arrest be brought before a high court for remand.”
The case was, however, adjourned till March 23, 2022.
