Landlord Gets Double Life Imprisonment for Sexual Assault of Tenant Kids

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced Igwe Ambrose, 65, to a double life term for inserting fingers into his tenant’s 7-year-old and 11-year-old daughters.

Ambrose was convicted on four counts of sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child.

Justice Abiola Soladoye described the defendant as a dirty old man who touched the breasts of the survivors while pretending to help them with their schoolwork.

According to the judge, the defendant was identified and his testimony exposed him as an untruthful and unworthy defendant.

“The children decided to open up to their mother, who then informed her husband; he thereafter confronted the defendant and the matter was reported to a police station.

“The police visited the scene and the defendant was invited to the police station where he denied the allegations against him.

“The testimonies of the prosecution witnesses (survivors) were credible, as they cannot consent to being fingered by the landlord.

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“The defendant was identified as the assailant and their pieces of evidence were corroborated by their mother and the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) who visited the crime scene and a clear account of the assault and indecent treatment was confirmed,” she said.

The judge, thereafter, convicted the defendant of the four-count charge levelled against him, contrary to Sections 135 and 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

“Counts one and two carry life imprisonment each; the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the count charges.

“In respect to counts three and four which carry seven years jail term, the defendant is hereby sentenced to seven years imprisonment on each of the count charge.

“His name is to be entered in the Sexual Offences Register maintained by Lagos State Government,” Soladoye said.

The State Counsel, Mrs Olufunke Adegoke, called four witnesses: two survivors, the mother of the survivors and IPO through whom five exhibits were tendered.

The convict testified for himself.

The prosecution submitted that the convict committed the offences between January and June 2021 at Shagari Estate, Ipaja, Lagos.