A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has ordered the remand of a private security guard, Joel Monday, at a correctional centre for allegedly defiling, impregnating, and maltreating a 16-year-old girl.
Monday was arraigned on offences bordering on unlawful sexual intercourse, physical abuse, and intimidation, contrary to Section 31 (2) of the Child Rights Law of Ondo State, which prescribes life imprisonment for offenders.
The victim, whose identity was withheld, narrated how her quest for a better life led her from Cross River State to Akure, where she eventually fell prey to Monday’s alleged abuses.
The teenage girl said he gave her pregnancy prevention pills after every encounter. (Channels)
