 Now, an eight-year-old girl allegedly defied by Lekon Tunji has died on Monday while the trial is still in progress in Abiyakuta, Ogum State. Tunji was arraigned last year before a family court sitting in Abiyakuta on a one-count charge. According to the charge sheet, the suspect commited the offense on June 27 at Kempta Housing Estate, Abiyakuta. The complainant, Barista Adi Damola Lapite, who is also the executive director of the Spring Centre, a sexual assault referral centre in Ogum State, told Newsman after the adjoinment that the girl died while she was preparing for school. Defense counsel Tia Akinsolla prayed a court to adjoin the matter in view of the second stint. Magistrate Mrs. E. O. Ido therefore adjoined the matter to August 3 for opening of the offense. We had a case of defilement of a child, and it's been ongoing for a while. But unfortunately, the child died on Monday, that's just this last Monday. And so we had to come to court to inform the court. And so the defense also knows and whatever needs to be done legally will be done at that point in time. Of course trial had started, the prosecutors, that's the victim, the late girl, had given her evidence, prosecution had closed this case, all pieces of evidence had been done, doctor had given evidence, police had given evidence, so it was adjoined to today for the defense to open, and unfortunately she passed on on Monday. So that's the situation. She was not sick, she was dressed for school, and she was just supposed to take, she was told to go and take her water bottle and all that, and she just dropped it. Well, I'm holding a watching brief for the victim. We are women, and ordinarily nobody is happy with what has happened to the victim of the matter. And the group, so that group has come to court to sympathize with the family of the victim. And we also join them in sympathizing with the family of the victim. So we are not happy, we are not happy, because in the stage of the matter, opening up the fence and the cause has to decide what we are to order, but unfortunately the defense could not go on because of the family of the victim. And don't forget to hit the notification button, so you get notified about fresh news updates.