Justice Sururat Soladoye of the Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court in Ikeja on Monday convicted and sentenced a 30-year- old Bricklayer, Idowu Ismail Gbolahan to life imprisonment for defiling his seven year old niece (name withheld).
Justice Soladoye ordered that Gbolahan be kept behind bars for the rest of his life after he pleaded guilty to one-count charge of defilement brought against him by the Lagos State government.
The state had accused the convict of defiling his niece when she went to visit her grandmother at no 50 Maroko Road, Shomolu, Lagos on August 11, 2018.
The state’s prosecuting counsel, Mrs Fehinti Ogbemudia while reviewing the fact of the case had told the court that the convict carried the victim from her grandmother room where she went to drink water.
Ogbemudia had claimed that the convict had suddenly carried the victim to his room and shut the door. He removed her pants and have sexual intercourse with her. The victim’s scream…
