Court sentences man to life imprisonment for defiling 2-year-old girl in Ogun
An Abeokuta High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 35 year-old man Adekunle Olalere to life imprisonment for defiling a two-year-old girl
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Delivering judgment, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi held that the evidence presented before the court by the prosecution was tenable and found the convict guilty as charged.
“Based on the evidence, I find and hold that the defendant, had sexual intercourse with the child and guilty has charged” he said.
Akinyemi sentenced Olalere to life Imprisonment.
The prosecution counsel, Mrs Oluyemisi Aruleba, the assistant chief state counsel,had told the court during trial that the convict committed the offence on March 22, 2017 at No 18, Bashorun street off unity road, Olowotedo area in Mowe area of Ogun.
Aruleba, said the victim’s mother was used to assist the convict’s wife to sale things in her shop.
The prosecution said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 32 of the Child Right laws of Ogun 2006.
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