An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old vulcaniser, Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece in Lagos State.
The Justice, Rahman Oshodi held that prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against Ibrahim.
You might also like
Oshodi held that the convict tried to deny a statement he made, in which he confessed to have defiled the survivor (name withheld).
He said, “Mr Wasiu Ibrahim, for sexual gratification, you violated the survivor after your wife returned home from a burial.
“She had lived with you since she was 10, and called you daddy; yet, it did not deter you.
“You threatened to beat her if she would tell anyone, after having sexual intercourse with her.
Vulcaniser to die by hanging for stealing N57,000
“She did not inform anyone until days later, after she was found crying at the back of a classroom at Estate Primary School, Ogba.
The judge said Ibrahim should be ashamed and punished, noting that the state had zero tolerance for sexual crimes.
Read Also: Tragedy as Bandits Abduct Students of Federal University Gusau
“The charge of defilement for which you have be found guilty carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
“I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment, and your name will be in the Sexual Offences Register as maintained by Lagos State.”
