A 37-year-old farmer, Joseph Agbomu, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Akure Hugh Court for defiling his neighbour’s 6-year-old daughter four years ago.
According to Vanguard, Agbomu was charged with a case of rape on March 18, 2019, in which he pleaded not guilty.
Justice Yemi Fasanmi delivering the held that the prosecution had proved the case of rape against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
Justice Fasanmi also held that the testimony of the survivor was convincing and truthful.
He said in his judgement that “the convict inflicted physical, emotional and psychological trauma on the survivor, who saw a fatherly figure in him, as his father’s kinsman and friend.
“The evidence of the survivor corroborated the evidence of the nominal complainant, who is the father of the survivor.
“The survivor in this case narrated before this court that the convict who was his father’s neighbour, sent her on an errand to buy a pack of indomie.
“The survivor said the convict cooked the indomie and gave her part of it. And shortly after eating, he pushed her to his bed and inserted his penis into her vaginal.
Justice Fasanmi added that the convict, in his extra-judicial statement obtained on December 12, 2019, confessed to the commission of the crime.
