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Man Bags Life Imprisonment After Defiling Neighbour’s 5-yr-old Daughter
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Ugochukwu Onuoha, to life imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old minor, his neighbour’s daughter.
Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution had established beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement against Onuoha.
Oshodi said the prosecutrix (survivor) was a child at the time of the incident.
He said the prosecutrix’s mother’s evidence that Onuoha apologised and promised not to do it again was an admission which corroborated the prosecutrix’s evidence.
According to him: “There is abundant evidence that the defendant committed the crime.
“I believed the prosecutrix when she testified before me as she was resolute that it was the defendant that penetrated her vagina with his penis.
“She maintained this during cross-examination and gave further details to embellish her evidence in chief.
“The evidence shows that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the victim, who, to his knowledge, was a child.”
The judge, thereafter, found Onuoha guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The court further held that the medical evidence showed short and long-term impacts on the victim as the sexual intercourse he had with the survivor could cause structural damage to the vagina, the uterus, and other surrounding organs.
Oshodi said: “According to the medical evidence, by the age of the victim, the sexual intercourse you had with her could cause vagina bleeding and may lead to death.
“The psychology of the victim was affected and may require years of counselling.
“You offered no words of consolation for the victim and her family and I do not know at this time what the total ramifications will be for the survivor.
“The extent of damage you have done to
the survivor for your sexual gratification is mind-boggling and you did not show any sign of remorse.”
The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment and also ordered that his name be registered in the Lagos State Sexual Offences Register.
The prosecutor, Mr Adedipupo Adewetan, had told the court that the convict committed the offence on June 20, 2021 on Achakpo St., Olodi Apapa, Lagos.
According to the prosecution, the offence contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2015.
A security expert, Bulama Bukarti, has claimed that the Lakurawa terror group currently causing havoc in Sokoto and Kebbi states is not new.
Bukarti said the group has been in the country since about six years ago, alleging that they usually enter the country from Niger Republic.
The Defence Headquarters recently raised an alarm about the emergence of a new terrorist group called Lakurawa in the northwestern part of Nigeria.
According to reports, the group has launched deadly attacks in some parts of the region, killing unsuspecting citizens.
Speaking on the development, Bukarti, who was featured on a Channels TV programme on Monday, said the group has been “sporadically living or camping in the northwestern part of Nigeria for over six years now.
“They first started illegally entering Nigeria around 2016, 2017 but they did not stay permanently.
“What they do—and that’s what they do still today—is that they move in, stay for a few months, and then they go back to the Sahel or wherever they are coming from in Niger [Republic].”
He claimed security agencies, especially the Department of State Services, DSS, were aware of the existence of the group.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says three persons died in a road accident that occurred in the Ayeyoro community in the Epe LGA of the state.
Adebayo Taofiq, the LASTMA director of public affairs, said the accident involved a Dangote truck, a tricycle, and a Toyota Camry.
Taofiq said the accident occurred after the truck suffered a “critical brake failure” while descending from Ita-Opo and collided with a tricycle and a stationary Toyota Camry before veering into the Ayetoro market complex in Epe.
He said the driver of the tricycle and two students at the Manpower Technical School lost their lives in the accident.
“First responders from the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), with the assistance of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), swiftly arrived on the scene to secure the area,” the statement reads.
“The deceased were respectfully transported to the Epe General Hospital mortuary.
“Prompt efforts were made to clear the wreckage, including the Dangote truck, to alleviate traffic congestion and safeguard other road users.”
The LASTMA spokesperson said three persons were injured in another road accident at Ijaye, Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
He said the accident involved an LT bus (FKJ 762 AD) and a Toyota Hiace bus (MUS 154 YE).
Taofiq added that the three persons, including a driver and two passengers, were rescued and taken to a nearby medical facility for treatment.
Also, he said three persons—two females and one male—were rescued from a multi-vehicle collision at Tsunami Bridge, inward Ketu area of Lagos.
The LASTMA spokesperson said the accident involved two Volkswagen commercial buses and a 10-tyre DAF truck.
He said the injured were taken to a nearby hospital for immediate medical intervention, while officers from Alapere police station provided essential security support during the rescue operations.
Olalekan Bakare-Oki, the LASTMA general manager, urged motorists to ensure that their vehicles, particularly the braking systems, are in optimal condition before setting out on any journey.
A man in a viral video on Social Media has cried out that his best friend who was present on his wedding day was responsible for the only male child out of the three children he had with his wife of eight years.
This was revealed after his suspicion about the faithfulness of his wife to him, he decided to go for DNA that finally revealed the paternity of the three children.
He said his wife had earlier denied the DNA result until later when she finally confessed that the boy belonged to his best friend.
The people that gathered slapped the woman for cheating on her husband, she was for to show her face in the video.
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