The police on Monday said a 17-year-old teenage domestic help, Silas Daniel, who allegedly defiled his employer’s children, aged five and 10, had been remanded at the Special Correctional Centre, Adigbe, Abeokuta, in Ogun State.
This transfer was because that facility is the place to keep minors or teenagers who cannot be kept at the adult correctional facilities.
The police said a case of indecent report and defilement was on October 10, 2024, transferred from the Dopemu Police Division to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command Ikeja, at about 2 pm.
The father of the victims was said to have reported that his domestic help Daniel defiled his daughter and his son who are both aged five and 10 respectively.
The complainant told the police that the defendant allegedly had sexual intercourse with the two minors he left with him in the house when he was not at home.
According to the complainant, Daniel had sexual intercourse with his son through his anus.
The alleged suspect confessed to the crime upon questioning.
He was, however, arraigned on Friday, and the court remanded at the Special Correctional Centre, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State, based on the fact that he is 17 years of age.
