An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Akeem Quadri, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing a seven-year old girl.
Quadri, who had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge, was convicted of sexual abuse
Delivering her judgment, Chief Magistrate, Mrs I.O Abudu, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubts that the convict was guilty as charged.
She held that the evidence presented by the prosecution was tenable and, therefore, sentenced Quadri to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine.
However, earlier, during the trial, an officer of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who handled the case, ASC Adeola Oluwaseun, told the court that the convict committed the offence on June 9 at Bode Olude area in Abeokuta.
According to the prosecutor, the convict was a bricklayer who was working in an uncompleted building around the area.
She said the convict went to buy satchet water from the little girl mother’s shop and after then asked her to bring cup for him where he was working.
“When the victim went to give him the cup, the convict lured the girl (name withheld) into the uncompleted building, asked her to pull off her pants and sexually abused her by penetrating through her anus.”
She said the convict was arrested by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who handled the case.
She, owever, said that the offence committed contravened the Child Rights Laws of Ogun 2006.(NAN)
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