Chief Magistrate A.B Olagbegi-Adelabu has ordered the remand of two juveniles who allegedly conspired to defile a 10-year-old girl.
The minors are charged with three counts of conspiracy and felony, to wit, defilement at the Magistrate Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Olagbegi-Adelabu, on Thursday when the case mentioned on Thursday who did not take the pleas of the minors, , that they should be remanded in a juvenile correctional centre in Lagos.
She adjourned the case to March 26 for hearing, legal advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Mrs. Olawunmi Osibanjo, told the court that the juveniles committed the offence on Dec. 9, 2023.
Osibanjo alleged that they committed the offence at No 69, Olori-Omobolanle Street, Ebuwawa Owutu area of Ikorodu in Lagos.
She said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 411, 137 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.