You’re Callous & Unfit To Live In Sane Society – Judge Tells Man Jailed Over Rape Of Girl, 12

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

“This callous defendant is mean and vicious and is not fit to live in a sane society, you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine. “

That was the judgement of Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual offences Court on Tuesday over the rape of a 12-year old girl in Lagos State.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the Presiding Judge handed the judgement to the convict, Gbenga Olasunkanmi, after finding him guilty of a charge of defilement of a minor proffered against him by the Lagos State Government.

She said, “Pouncing on an innocent young girl should be something that should be condemned in all ramifications as she has now suffered emotionally and psychologically”. 

“The evidence of the prosecution witnesses had to been compelling, consistent and the prosecution has proved the offence of defiling a child under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.”

“The defendant having been found guilty of the offence as charged, is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment with no option of any fine.” 

She further ordered “His name Gbenga Olasunkanmi should also be registered in the Sex Offenders Register kept by the Lagos State Government. This is the judgement of the Court.”

The State Prosecutor, Mr. Peter Owolabani, had earlier told the Court the convict, who was a bag repairer, committed the offence at 5:00pm on September, 6, 2017 at Isolo, Lagos.

The survivor had gone to repair her school bag and when she returned her mother noticed that the bag was not properly repaired and told her to return to the artisan to properly repair the bag.

The prosecutor added, “After he repaired the bag for the second time, as the survivor was leaving, the convict pulled her back and forcefully defiled her in his shop”.

During the trial, three prosecution witnesses were the survivor’s father, the survivor and a medical doctor had testified against the convict while he testified in his defence but the Court sentenced him accordingly.