An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Asekeji, to life imprisonment for d!filing his 12-year-old biological daughter.
Justice
Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, also held that the prosecution had proven the
three legs of the charge of defilement against Asekeji.
Soladoye
said that the convict’s act of having unlawful s£xual intercourse with his own
biological child was against the law of nature.
She
said it was a case of incest which should never be heard of.
According
to her, the father of the convict, who is 75 years old, testified against him
that he defiled his granddaughter, by having unlawful s!xual intercourse with
her.
“The victim, in her testimony, told the court
that she was 14 years old but her father defiled her when she was 12 years
old,” the judge said.
“She testified that she was at home with her
father, who was drunk on June 11, 2020 and he instructed her to enter the room
and lie on the bed.
“She told this court that her father asked her
to take off her clothes and then had s!x with her.
“She said and I quote ‘he laid on me and put
his penis in my vagina, then he took videos of me and threatened to show the
video to people if I tell anybody what has happened.”
The
court held that the survivor testified that her father instructed her to drink
salt water after he had defiled her.
The
judge said the survivor told the court that she could not tell anyone earlier
because the convict had threatened to kill her if she told anyone that he had
been s!xually abusing her before the last incident of June 11, 2020.
The
judge also held that the medical report revealed that the survivor had been
defiled as the report showed the hymen had been broken.
The
convict’s mother, a petty trader, in her evidence, also told the court that she
returned from the market and saw blood on the pant of her granddaughter and
then asked her what happened to her.
She
said her granddaughter told her that she was having stomach pain and her father
gave her something to drink and then told her the incident that occurred.
The
survivor’s grandmother said that a report was made at the Meiran police station
and the convict was arrested.
The
convict’s brother in his testimony also told the court that the convict had
been causing problems in the family and had been arrested before.
The
convict who testified as the sole witness in his case denied having s!xual
intercourse with his daughter.
He said
that he did not live with his parents but that he had access to the house,
adding that his daughter lived with his parents.
The
court said in the instant case, the survivor identified her biological father
as the man who had sexual intercourse with her several times.
“Apart from identifying Asekeji as her father,
other witnesses confirmed the evidence of the victim,” Soladoye said.
“Circumstantial evidence and also medical
report, evidence of the grandmother, the evidence of the grandfather and
evidence of her uncle all points to the convict.
“Oluwafemi Asekeji, you have been found guilty
as charged and you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.
“The
convict is to have his name registered in the Lagos State sexual Offences
register.”
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was arraigned before the
court on a charge of d!filement.
The
State Counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, told the court that the convict committed
the offence on June 11, 2020, about 11.00 p.m at Ilupeju Street, Araromi Bus
Stop, Meiran in Lagos.
The
prosecution called five witnesses while the convict testified as a sole
witness.
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