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Lagos environmental officer sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling teenage girl

Mr Amure, an official of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corp, stood trial for defilement and attempt to procure abortion.

• January 23, 2025
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The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sentenced Ramoni Amure, 47, to life imprisonment on Thursday for defiling a 15-year-old girl.

Mr Amure, an official of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corp, stood trial for defilement and attempt to procure abortion.

The offences are contrary to sections 137 and 142 (1)(2) of the criminal law of Lagos State, 2015.

In his judgement, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution successfully proved the charge of defilement levelled against the convict.

“However, the prosecution failed to prove the second charge against the convict, which bothered on an attempt to procure abortion,” he said.

Mr Oshodi said Mr Amure’s conduct was grievous and demeaning, given his position as a law enforcement officer with the Lagos State government.

The judge also ordered that the name of the convict should be registered in the sexual offences register of the Lagos State Government.

Earlier, the State Counsel, Olufunmilayo Aluko, told the court that Mr Amure committed the offence between December 2018 and March 2020 at No. 98 Okesina Street, Lagos.

During the trial, the prosecution presented the victim, a social worker, the victim’s mother, and a police officer as witnesses.

(NAN)

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