An Ikeja S*xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court condemned a vulcaniser to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece.
Wasiu Ibrahim, 41, was sentenced on September 22.
The verdict was handed down by Justice Rahman Oshodi, who found that the prosecution had properly proven Ibrahim’s accusation of defilement.
According to the prosecution, the vulcaniser committed the crime at 2 a.m. on January 26, 2017, at 61, Abeokuta Street, Ogba, Lagos.
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According to Oshodi, the defendant attempted to dispute the extra-judicial statement he made in which he confessed to defiling the survivor.
The judge said, “She had lived with you since she was age 10 and called you daddy, yet this did not deter her. You threatened to beat her if she told anyone after having s*xual intercourse with her.
“She did not inform anyone until days later after she was found crying at the back of the classroom at Estate Primary School, Ogba.”
The judge stated that a man like the defendant should be ashamed and punished because s*xual crime was punishable by law in Lagos State.
“The charge of defilement for which you have been found guilty carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
“I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment and your name be registered in the S*xual Offences Register as maintained by Lagos State,” Oshodi said.
Dr Babajide Martins, Director of Public Prosecutions, thanked the court for a well-reasoned decision.
