An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man identified as Akeem Quadri, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl.
Quadri, who had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge, was convicted of sexual abuse, on Friday.
Delivering her judgement, Chief Magistrate I.O. Abudu, held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty as charged.
She said that the evidence presented by the prosecution was tenable and therefore sentenced the convict to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine.
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During the trial, an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who handled the case, ASC Adeola Oluwaseun, told the court that the offence was committed on June 9 at the Bode Olude area in Abeokuta.
According to the prosecutor, the convict who is a bricklayer was working in an uncompleted building around the area.
She said the convict went to buy a sachet of water from the little girl’s mother’s shop and then asked her to bring a cup for him where he was working.
“When the victim went to give him the cup, the convict lured the girl into the uncompleted building, asked her to pull off her pants and sexually abused her by penetrating through her anus.”
She said the convict was arrested by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who handled the case.
