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Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment, a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, for defiling the 8-year-old daughter of a man that sheltered him.
The convicted and jailed Ayodele was 25 years old when he committed the offence. Delivering judgment, Justice Soladoye maintained that the prosecution had convincingly proved the charge of defilement against the convict.
The judge who particularly insisted that the court found that the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were believable and consistent, held that, "The defendant is immoral, a mega liar, ungrateful, unkind, ruthless and rash in his conduct considering that the survivor’s father picked him from the streets and treated him like one of his children.
“The court particularly noted that the attempts of the defence to pin the offence on the survivor’s brother was unsuccessful.
“The attempt of the defence to also mislead the court by stating that the evidence of the survivor’s brother was expunged, when in fact it was not. This was a complete misrepresentation of the records of the court.
“Lastly, the evidence of the defendant was wrought with lies and unreliable as he desperately sought to distance himself from the alleged offence.
“I am satisfied that the prosecution has proved the ingredient of defilement against the defendant.
“I, hereby, find the defendant guilty as charged, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”
Justice Soladoye also directed that the convict should have his name registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by Lagos State.
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