A security guard, Mikemon Solomon, has been accused of forcefully having sex with a nine year old girl.
Solomon who denied the act was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ogudi Magistrate Court in Lagos.
Solomon it was gathered committed the offence on March 3, on Aishat Street in Mile 12, Lagos.
The victim reported the accused to her stepmother, and the victim’s brother subsequently lodged a complaint at the Ketu Police Station.
“She said that the accused had offered her money on several occasions, but she refused to collect.
“On March 2, she was coming from their shop and the accused offered her money again, but she refused to collect it.
“The little girl said that when she refused, the accused held her on the neck and dragged her to a corner and raped her.
“Blood was coming out from her private part as she went home crying, and told her stepmother, who went to report the incident to the elder brother.” a police prosecutor told the court.
Solomon, who lives on Midou Road, Mile 12, is facing a one-count charge of defiling a child, an offence which attracts life imprisonment, if found guilty.
The presiding Magistrate Suke Hamzat, granted him bail of N100,000 and two sureties in like sum. The matter has been adjourned till March 27 for mention.