Court Sentence Paedophile To Life Imprisonment For Assaulting Boss Daughter

Justice Rahmon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced an apprentice, Nwankwo Ifeanyi, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

Ifeanyi, an apprentice of the victim’s father, was said to have committed the offence at their house in June 2017.

He was subsequently arrested and arraigned.

Two witnesses testified for the prosecution, while the defence also presented two witnesses, including the defendant’s brother, Nwankwo Nnamdi.

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The judge relied on the medical report and testimonies of the witnesses to find him guilty as charge.

Justice Rahmon upheld the testimony of PW 1 that the defendant sexually assaulted the victim by dipping his finger into her private parts, as the victim constantly complained of pain and reported to her father that the defendant did it more than once.

“She was taken to three hospitals, after which the defendant was arrested and taken to the Ojo Police Station.”

The victim’s father deals in electronics, while the defendant is his apprentice who lives in the same house with them.

According to the charge, Nwankwo Ifeanyi, about June 20, 2017, at 11, Joy Street, Ojo, did commit sexual assault on a four-year-old girl by putting your fingers into her private parts.