50-Year-Old Man Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Raping 4-Year-Old Girl
Category: Crime News
A 50-year-old man, Usman Tajudeen, has been sentenced to life
imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for raping a
four-year-old girl.
Tajudeen was arraigned on one-count charge of
r*pe, contrary to Section 31 (2) of the child’s Right Law, Cap.C7 Laws of
Ekiti State, 2012.
The charge reads, that you Usman Tajudeen, on
21st August 2020 at Ikere Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of this honorable
Court, did rape a four-year-old girl.
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The victim in her statement to police said (the convict),’’ Daddy
Latifat who is living in our house, on that day, took me to his sitting room
and said I should sit on his lap, he removed my pant and put his something
(penis) where I use to urinate (virginal), he used to call me to his sitting
room to do it,’’ she concluded.
The mother of the victim, in her
testimony to the court presided over by Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said, “I was at
where I was making cassava flour, my daughter went to where she went to
excrete, when I went to pack the feces, I noticed blood in it, thereafter, I
checked her anus and virginal, I saw blood coming out of the place, I was very
scared, when I enquired from her, she said, it was Daddy Latifat that put his
something to where I was urinating, the matter was reported at Ikere Ekiti
Police Station.’’
The prosecutor, K.S. Adeyemo called five witnesses and tendered the
defendant’s statement, victim’s statement and medical report as exhibits to
prove his case while the convict spoke in his own defence through his counsel
Tope Salam.
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Salam who prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, considering the age
of the defendant, called one witness.
Delivering his judgment,
Justice Ogunmoye said, the prosecutor had established before the court that
the defendant had sexual intercourse with the minor without her consent and
therefore committed the offence of r*pe as charged.
“In all, the
prosecution had proved his case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant.
The sole issue for determination is resolved in favor of the prosecution, the
defendant is convicted as charged.
“The sentence for the offence of rape under Child’s Right Law is mandatory, he
is sentenced to life imprisonment,” the judge ruled.
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