Justice Lateef Owolabi of the Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Court in Ogba, Lagos State, has adjourned the case of defilement filed against 70-year-old man, Godfrey Iriekpe, and one Aliechem Emmanuel by the Lagos State Police Command till January 15, 2026 for continuation.
 
The court remanded the suspects in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for carnal knowledge of the girl identified as Merit while she was 17 in 2023 and had carnal knowledge of the girl again in May and November 2025.
  
It was revealed that whenever Iriekpe sent out his daughter for refusing him, she would run to their neighbour’s apartment, and after a while, the neighbour started having forceful carnal knowledge of her.
 
According to the judge, the suspect committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.