The Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday January 25, sentenced one Mr Sunday Oyedele to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbours three-year-old daughter .
Oyedele was convicted of a one-count charge of defilement brought against him by Lagos State Government.
The prosecution team, Olusola Soneye, Mrs Arinola Momoh-Ayokanbi and Mrs Olufunke Adegoke, told the court that Oyedele who was arraigned on April 29, 2019, committed the offence in November 2017 at Itamaga area of Ikorodu Lagos.
Four witnesses, including Dr Oyedeji Alagbe, a medical doctor from Mirabel Centre (a Sexual Assault Referral Centre) testified against Mr Sunday.
Dr Alagbe told the court that medical examinations revealed that the minor was defiled anally and vaginally. Oyedele, who was led in defence by his counsel, Kelechi Obi, testified solely in his defence.
Ruling on the case, Justice Abiola Soladoye who described the convict as a “sexual monster”, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond any reasonable doubt and so he passed his judgment.
The judge said;
“The defilement saga is unfortunate; the defendant is a sexual monster, a paedophile that should be locked away.”
Soladoye then handed him a life imprisonment sentence without an option of fine. His name is also to be added in the sex offenders’ register maintained by the Lagos state government.
