An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 44-year-old cleric, Taiwo Opaleke, charged with defiling a male teenager, at the Kirikiri Prisons.
Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, said the court could not take his plea without being advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She adjourned till February 6.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Opaleke, who lives in Shomolu, Lagos, was charged on a one-count of defiling a 15-year-old.
Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ezekiel Ayorinde said the accused committed the offence last December 14 at his home.
He alleged that the accused sexually assaulted the teenager by penetrating his anus, in contravention of Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
“The accused, who lives in the same area with the boy, invited him to his church, but the boy refused to go.
“The accused came to the boy’s home and took him to his house where he forcefully had sex with him.
“The boy told his brother with whom he is staying.
“His brother reported the case, and the accused was arrested,” Ayorinde alleged.
