Court Sentence Pedophile Driver To Life Imprisonment For Defiling Employers Granddaughter

A 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, is to spend the rest of his life in confinement at Nigerian Correctional Service custody for defiling his employer’s five-year-old granddaughter.

Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos, who gave the verdict, held that the prosecution successfully proved all the ingredients of defilement against the convict.

Justice Soladoye said that the conduct of the convict was nasty, devoid of character as his way of saying ‘thank you’ to his employer was to defile his granddaughter.

According to the judge, the survivor brilliantly presented the sequence of the incident of how the convict recklessly had canal knowledge of her.

She said that the survivor was lucid and unshaken during her cross-examination as she spoke eloquently and intelligently detailing the gory incident of how her grandfather’s driver ruthlessly defiled her whenever no one was at home.

“The survivor recognized the defendant as Mr. Folarin who had sexual intercourse with her both in the living room and inside her grandfather’s jeep, as he put his penis inside her ‘bum bum.

“The survivor said the defendant was brutal with her and that he had sex with her in the jeep when there was no light in the house.

“The grandfather, who was the second prosecution witness, in his testimony said that his granddaughter whispered in his ears that the defendant defiled her which necessitated his arrest.

Justice Soladoye further said that the defendant’s attempt to buy his way out of the charge was a colossal waste of time as he was a pathological liar.

According to her, the convict was a pathological liar who tried to deter himself from the charge as he claimed not to understand English Language but he responded as the registrar of the court read out the charge in English.

“The defendant denied having sexual intercourse with the survivor but told the court he only planted kisses on her cheeks and cuddled her.

“Under cross-examination, he denied making any statement at Ojodu Police Station but the same statement was tendered and admitted in evidence as exhibit B.

“He told the court he did not understand English but when the registrar was reading out the charge, he was already replying.

“He lied to the face of the court,” she said.

The judge held that the evidence of the survivor was corroborated by the medical report from Mirabel Medical Centre as well as the testimonies of the other two prosecution witnesses.

She added that there was overwhelming evidence before the court in support of the charge against the convict.

“The defendant is an ingrate who should be named and shamed as a disloyal, unreliable, and untrustworthy employer.

“The court finds you Folarin Raufu guilty of the offence as charged and hereby sentenced you to life imprisonment.

The judge ruled that the convict’s name should be registered in the sexual offences register as maintained by Lagos State.

Justice Soladoye called parents and guardians to desist from entrusting their children to the care of “good for nothing staff” so that they were not sexually violated.

“The need for supervision at all times cannot be over-emphasized in this age and time where sexual abuse is being perpetrated.

“Furthermore, children should be trained to speak up and report any such sexual violations against such persons to their parents, teachers, or authorities so that they can be properly investigated,” She said.