Man sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling eight-year-old girl

A 27-year-old electrician has been sentenced to life in prison for deflowering the eight-year-old daughter of a man who sheltered him in Nigeria, according to reports.

Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had convincingly proved the charge of defilement against the convict.

The prosecution submitted that the survivor was sleeping in the afternoon when the convict entered the room, covered her mouth with cloth, defiled her and immediately left the house to watch football in a viewing centre.

The grandma of the survivor entered the room and saw her in a pool of blood and reported the case to police.

The court found that the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were believable and consistent, according to her.

“The defendant is immoral, a mega liar, ungrateful, unkind, ruthless and rash in his conduct considering that the survivor’s father picked him from the streets and treated him like one of his children,” she said.

The offence is contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law, 2015.