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Court docket Sentences Lagos Trainer To Life Imprisonment For Impregnating 14-year-old Pupil

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The prosecution workforce comprising of Olusola Soneye, Olufunke Adegoke, and Abimbola Abolade mentioned the defendant dedicated the offence between January and March 2019 at No.12, Iresi Avenue, Orile-Agege, Lagos.

In response to them, the defendant, Ibanga was a lesson trainer, who taught the survivor at residence as a result of she couldn’t be at school “for a very long time on account of gradual studying.”
The prosecution mentioned the defendant raped the minor the place she lived along with her aunt every time he went to show her; she later conceived and had a child.
Delivering judgment within the matter, Justice Abiola Soladoye mentioned the prosecution proved the cost of defilement towards the convict.
The offence is alleged to be punishable beneath Part 137 of the Legal Legislation of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
The choose mentioned, “The survivor was a minor and her consent is immaterial. The proof earlier than the courtroom confirmed that the defendant had intercourse with the sufferer in her residence and within the defendant’s personal matrimonial residence. She subsequently grew to become pregnant and had a child.
“The medical report corroborated the proof towards the defendant. The defendant is chargeable for the act and there may be proof earlier than the courtroom to show similar.
“The survivor recognized the defendant as her lesson trainer and the one that had sexual activity along with her with out her consent.
“The defendant could be very ungrateful and depraved, ravished the coed with impunity and taught her nonsense. Ibanga has introduced ridicule to the educating career and this punishment will function a lesson to him and warning to others.
“The defendant is hereby discovered responsible as charged primarily based on the avalanche of proof towards him, and he’s sentenced to life imprisonment.”