In Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has on Tuesday, July 28, 2020 sentenced a 37- year-old motorcyclist to 20 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting his daughter.
The man who is identified as Emmanuel Idoko was arraigned for defiling his 12 year old daughter.
While delivering judgment on the charge of sexual assault by penetration, Justice Sybil Nwaka said the prosecution provided necessary evidence to prove its case.
“The defendant is found guilty of the charge of sexual assault by penetration contrary to Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
“He is hereby sentenced to 20 years imprisonment”, the Justice said.
The prosecutor, Mr Babajide Boye, earlier told the Court that Idoko committed the offence around July and November 2017.
Boye said that the accused, sexually assaulted his 12-year-old daughter by penetrating her vagina using his finger.
“The girl declared in her surmision that her father, though not married to her mother, had her and her male sibling living with him.
“The victim’s ordeal started in 2016, a year before she was referred to the Mirabel Centre.
“The victim said her father came home and said that he heard from people that she was no longer a virgin and he needed to test her to see if it was true.
“He forced her to undress and said he will use his finger to test her, the girl was reluctant.
“He scolded her and eventually did it with his fingers.
“He also said that he would use his penis to examine her and she refused, he beat her and he subsequently started torturing her in the home because she kept turning down his requests,” the doctor added.
However, the accused in his defense denied seeing his daughter’s nakedness.
Modupe Arotolu
