Chief Magistrate T. O Shomade refused to listen to the accused man’s plea and ordered him to be remanded in prison.
The accused, an unemployed man resides at 45, Osundiya St., Meiran, a suburb of Lagos.
Police prosecutor Rapheal Donny told the court that the offence was committed repeatedly in 2013 at Udoh’s residence.
Donny said that the accused raped his 15- year -old daughter who is now 20 years old.
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“The accused wife caught him while he was trying to molest his daughter sexually and she cried out,” the prosecutor said.
“The case was brought to the police station and it was there the girl said that the father had raped her in 2013 and since then, he hasn’t stopped from molesting her sexually,” he said.
The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The chief magistrate adjourned the case till Feb. 26, for mention.
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