A High Court in Akure, Ondo State, sentenced a man named Sunday Oluwafemi to life in prison for defiling a nine-year-old girl.
The convict was arrested in Akure in 2019 while living with his wife’s niece. And arraigned before Justice Yemi Fasanmi on one count of rape.
Oluwafemi committed the crime on November 24, 2019, in violation of Section 31 (1) of the Ondo State Child’s Rights Laws of 2012 and Sections 218 and 257 of the Ondo State Criminal Code Law of 2006.
Following a series of arguments in court, the Justice determined that the prosecution had proven the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
