A 62-year-old man, Daudu Jimoh has been handed a life sentence by an Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti for defiling a nine-year-old girl in Ilupeju Ekiti.
The convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on 5/8/2020 on one count charge of r#pe.
The charge reads “that Daudu Jimoh on 27/9/2019 at Ilupeju Ekiti within the jurisdiction of this honorable court did r#pe a nine (9) year old girl, contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
In her evidence before the court, the victim said, “I attended a Nursery/Primary School in Ilupeju Ekiti, Baba cooler (the convict) was our landlord, he has been having s3x with me for four times before my sister caught us on that day.
“Whenever he had s3x with me, I was always afraid to tell my mother because he had warned me not to tell anybody or else I will die,” she concluded.
To prove his case, the prosecutor, Julius Ajibare called four witnesses and tendered defendant statements and medical report as exhibits while the convict spoke in his own defence through his counsel, Chris Omokhafe, he confessed to have committed the offence but denied penetrating her v@gina.
In his judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said, the confessional statements of the defendant, both written and oral showed without equivocation that the defendant indeed committed the offence.
In all, the prosecution had proved his case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant as charged.
The sole issue for determination is resolved in favour of the prosecution. He is convicted as charged.
‘’He is sentenced to life imprisonment’’.