Court remands 64-yr-old herbalist for sexually molesting nieces

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 64-year-old herbalist, Taiwo Ilesanmi, should be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly raping his two nieces.

The Prosecutor, Inspector Christopher John told the court that the defendant committed the offences between April 2013 to 2019 at his residence.

John added the defendant had been sexually molesting his two nieces ages 10 and 14 years for six years.

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“The complaints who stay with the defendant could not take it anymore, so the 14-year-old, reported the matter to one of their neighbours, who reported it to the police.

“The defendant was arrested and brought to the court,” he said.

Chief Magistrates, P. E. Nwaka ordered that Ilesanmi should be kept behind bars, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.

Nwaka adjourned the case until June 13 for mention.

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