Twenty-nine people were killed in the nightclub fire in April.
The China Development Bank ex-vice-president was also accused of accepting large sums of money and valuables in business operations.
The man was allegedly accused of having brutally raped and physically assaulted his former partner last May.
Prosecutors, however, maintained that Olalekan Jacob Ponle’s penalty was consistent with similar cases decided in the past.
Three neighbours, including a teenager, who rushed to help, were also injured.
On Wednesday, Jose Zamora, a journalist in Guatemala, was sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was hit with a fresh money laundering charge on Monday.
“We must dismantle discriminatory structures and create political space for a dialogue on reparations at the international, regional, national and local levels.”
“Impunity for killings of journalists remains unacceptably high at 86 per cent,” said UNESCO