Sunday Asere, 24-year-old, accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by Justice Adekunle Adeleye of the Ekiti High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti.
The one count charge stated that the defendant sometime in January, 2020, at Moferere in Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of the honourable court did rape a six-year-old girl.
The offence, according to the charge, is contrary to section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012.
The victim, in her statement to the police said, “I am a primary one pupil, l am living with my mother but my parents have separated.
“Uncle Sunday was our neighbour, anytime my mother was not at home, he would ask me to lie on the floor, he would remove my pants and insert his something in my virgina, l was feeling the pain anytime he did it.
“13th January, 2020, on the second day, my Daddy came to visit me in the school and I told him everything uncle Sunday has been doing to me. My father later went to report the case at the police station.”
Six witnesses were called by the prosecutor, Kunle Shina Adeyemo to prove his case. Adeyemo also tendered statements of the defendant and medical report as exhibits.
Though the defendant also presented his own defence through his counsel, Adedayo Adewumi, he had no witness.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Adekunle Adeleye held that the medical doctor after examination revealed likely sexual abuse but no evidence of penetration of the vagina.
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