Trial of the embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha has been adjourned by the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos till September 27.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo had adjourned the matter to August 11 and 12 for continuation of the trial in July.
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However the Court’s registrar, Ibrahim Hassan disclosed on Wednesday August 11, that the case was adjourned as Judges are on a “retreat.”
Baba Ijesha who was arraigned on June 24, is charged with six counts bordering on defilement of a minor.
The prosecution led by Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), has so far presented two witnesses for the prosecution.
According to the charge, the defendant committed the offence in 2013, 2014 and on April 19 at Iwaya, Yaba area of Lagos.
“Sometime between 2013 and 2014, the defendant sexually abused the complainant (name withheld), then aged seven, by inserting his car keys into her vagina.
“He also placed her on his laps, touched her in a sexual manner and rubbed his penis on her body.
“On April 19, he indecently treated and sexually assaulted the complainant, now 14, by sucking her fingers and touching her in a sexual manner.
“He also attempted to have sexual intercourse with the complainant by unbuckling his belt and unzipping his trousers after sexually assaulting her,” the DPP told the court.
The offence, the prosecution said, contravened the provisions of sections 135, 259, 262, 263 and 262 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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