Onochie was said to have seen the woman walking along the road at his residence, he ambushed her and dipped his hand into her private part. He was attempting to penetrate her when a neighbour caught him and reported the matter to the Police.

Onochie was brought before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on one count of sexual assault by a police prosecutor, Inspector Philip Osijale.

The charge read, “That you, Samuel Onochie, 34, on January 24, 2016, at about 6am, at Jakande, Lekki, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did sexually assault one Esther, by inserting your finger into her private parts, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge before the presiding magistrate, Mr. L.A. Owolabi.

Owolabi granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The magistrate said one of the sureties must be related by blood to the defendant, adding that both sureties must have paid three years tax to the Lagos State Government.

Owolabi ordered that the defendant should be remanded in prison pending the time he would perfect his bail conditions. The court adjourned the case till March 14, 2016 for trial.

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