The Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a man, Isiaka Adeoye, to life imprisonment for defiling a 17-year-old on a farm.

Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Ms Soladoye said the survivor’s testimony corroborated evidence of the investigative police officer and medical reports tendered in evidence.

The judge said the victim told the court that Mr Adeoye had a condom on when he defiled her.

“The survivor told the court that her aunt sent her to do some work for her at her farm where the defendant works and that the defendant sent her to fetch water. When she came back, she met the defendant drunk, and he asked her if she wanted to have fun, and he ended up having sex with her.

“Evidence of the three prosecution witnesses have sufficient proof that the defendant had sexual intercourse with the survivor.”

She said the defence address, no matter how beautifully written, could not amount to vindicating the charge of defilement against Mr Adeoye.

“The defendant was busy telling lies before this court, but the court is not fooled.

 “The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged and hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.

“He should have his name written in the Lagos State Sexual Offenders Register,” the judge ruled. 

Ms Soladoye advised the survivor to be sensitive, adding that there was a need for sex education, moral re-awakening and training underaged people to maintain sexual purity in society.

“The survivor, in this case, was insensitive; as a 17-year-old, she ought to be proactive and run for her life when she saw a condom on the penis of the defendant; instead, she waited until the defendant forcefully had his way and had sex with her.

The prosecution team, Olusola Soneye and Abimbola Abolade presented three witnesses during the trial.

(NAN)