School housemaster remanded for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy

On Monday, an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court sent Adema Ogunbiyi, a 43-year-old boarding school housemaster, to the Kirikiri correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy.

Chief Magistrate E. Kubeinje ordered that Ogunbiyi be held at the facility pending advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions.

The court did not accept Ogunbiyi’s plea.

However, Kubeinje adjourned the case until July 24 for mention.

The Prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem, had previously informed the court that the suspect committed the act on June 18 between 10:00 pm and 11:30 pm.

Iberedem stated that the event occurred at St Francis Catholic Secondary School, which is located on Idimu Road in Ikotun, Lagos.

The prosecutor claimed that the suspect, who is a housemaster at the school, sexually assaulted the boy.

He stated that the offence violates Section 261 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.

Section 261 prescribes life imprisonment for such offences.