Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Ifeanyi Ndieze for raping a four-year-old in a church.
The prosecution successfully established the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Ndieze, following Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The child positively identified the defendant as the individual who carried her during a church event and sexually assaulted her by inserting his finger into her private parts.
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Soladoye, in her ruling, ordered that Ndieze’s name be included in the Lagos State Sexual Offences Register.
The Judge recommended that parents exercise utmost vigilance in safeguarding their children.
She said:
“The child was taken home, and while the mother bathed her, she was bleeding uncontrollably. At the hospital, doctors said that the matter should be reported to the police.
“The child, at the police station, was bleeding still, while her underwear, soaked with blood, was removed and taken as an exhibit. The child, when taken to the hospital, was in severe pain and found to have been forcibly penetrated.
“The defendant is a pathological liar as he tried to deny the offence. This is an unforgivable behaviour. The defendant is hereby found guilty of sexually assaulting the four-year-old child, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”
