A lawyer, Chika Eze, 40, was on Wednesday arrested by the police at the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
He was detained in the court’s mini-cell for allegedly dipping his finger into the vagina of a nine-year-old girl, who came to Nigeria from England 72 hours earlier.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Eze, who regularly argues cases at the court, was arrested after the girl, who came with her grandmother to the court cried out that the lawyer had taken her to a corner to commit the act.
The incident created a big scene at the court as the girl who had just been brought to Nigeria from England, wept uncontrollably telling everyone around what the lawyer did to her.
Incensed by the incident, a Magistrate at the court, Mrs C. M. Adeyeye, ordered the arrest and detention of Eze preparatory to arraignment.
Speaking to NAN, the girl’s grandmother, Mrs Lanre Solomon, described the incident as a `rude shock’ to her.
She said she had brought the girl, who had just spent four days in Nigeria to the court so that she could know places.
Solomon said she had gone to see a magistrate and left the girl with Eze, who was handling a case for her but, was surprised that the lawyer took the minor to an occupied courtroom to commit the act.
“I quickly went to see a magistrate and since Eze is a lawyer and the one handling my case, I thought there was no problem leaving my granddaughter with him.
