Lawyer lands in court for raping nine-year-old on court premises.....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that the police in Lagos on Monday brought
a 40-year-old lawyer, Christopher Uzomaka, before a Tinubu
Magistrate's Court, Lagos, on fresh four charges bordering on unlawful
penetration into the private parts of a nine-year-old girl.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the victim lived with her parents in
London, United Kingdom and had come to Nigeria on vacation.
Uzomaka had been arraigned on August 12 before the court on three
counts related to the alleged crime which he was said to have
committed inside one of the courtrooms in the magistrate's court.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the minor had followed her grandma,
who is a claimant in a civil matter before the court, to the premises
on August 11 when the incident happened.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the lawyer, who the woman wanted to
engage to handle the case, was initially playing with the victim
before he lured her into the vacant courtroom, where he reportedly
carried out the act.
The girl was said to have rushed from the court in tears and told her
grandmother that the lawyer fondled her breast, and dipped his finger
into her private parts.
The grandmother said the victim had declined to speak on the incident
until she took her to a secluded place on the court premises.
A source was told that the lawyer was arrested and taken to the Lion
Building Police Station.
A police prosecutor, Sergeant A. Koti, brought Uzomaka before the
presiding magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi, on four counts of sexual
assault.
The charges read in part, "That you, Christopher Uzomaka, on August
12, 2015, at about 12.45pm at the Court 4 of the Tinubu Magistrate's
Court in Lagos Magisterial District, did sexually assault by
penetrating the anus and vagina of a nine-year-old girl and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 259 of the Criminal Law
of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
"That you on the same date, time and place, in the aforesaid
magisterial district did cause the girl to engage in a sexual activity
without her consent.
"That you did willfully and without lawful excuse perpetrate an
indecent act in a public place and thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 134 sub-section (1) of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011."
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges and prayed the court
to grant him bail in liberal terms.
Owolabi granted him bail in the sum of N400,000 with two sureties in
like sum. He said the sureties must show evidence of tax payments and
should deposit N100,000 to the account of the state chief registrar as
parts of his bail conditions.
He added that one of the sureties must be a lawyer who had been
practising for 10 years.
While adjourning the case till September 14, 2015, the magistrate
ordered that the case file be sent to the Directorate of Public
Prosecutions for legal advice.
Firstclassnewsline.net