An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday July 23, sentenced Sunday Asere, a 24-year-old man, to 14 years imprisonment for s@xually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
Asere was arraigned on March 22, 2022, on one count charge of rape.The charge read, “That the defendant sometime in January 2020 at Moferere in Ado Ekiti, did r@pe a six-year-old girl. The offence is contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012."
The six-year-old girl, said that the defendant, who was her mother’s neighbour, was fond of fondling her private part whenever her mother was not around.
The judge after finding the defendant guilty through the evidence terndered at the court jailed him for 14 years
Asere was arraigned on March 22, 2022, on one count charge of rape.The charge read, “That the defendant sometime in January 2020 at Moferere in Ado Ekiti, did r@pe a six-year-old girl. The offence is contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2012."
The six-year-old girl, said that the defendant, who was her mother’s neighbour, was fond of fondling her private part whenever her mother was not around.
The judge after finding the defendant guilty through the evidence terndered at the court jailed him for 14 years
