An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a middle-aged artisan, Gbenga Olasunkanmi, to life imprisonment with no option of any fine for defiling a 12-year-old customer in his shop.
The presiding judge, Justice Abiola Soladoye, handed down the sentence after finding him guilty of a charge of defilement of a minor proffered against him by the Lagos State Government.
Justice Soladoye noted that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses have been compelling, consistent and the prosecution has proved the offence of defiling a child under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
The judge ordered that the convict name, Gbenga Olasunkanmi, should also be…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
