An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a housekeeper, Bright Izuchukwu to two terms of life imprisonment for defiling the two daughters of his employer, ages six and seven.
Izuchukwu was charged with two counts bordering on defilement.
Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution had established the ingredients of the offense against the defendant.
“The prosecutor did a good job in establishing the ingredients of the offenses against the defendant through its witnesses.
“The evidence of the defense is self-serving, manifestly unreliable, and untruthful while that of the survivors was consistent, cogent, and convincing as they properly identify the defendant.
“The defendant exhibited raw wickedness, taking a turns to ravish the survivors and taking advantage of his employer’s kindness.
“He has left a trace of emotional trauma on the survivors. He must be locked away for life. The defendant exhibited arrogance and nonchalance throughout the trial and lied his way through the trial showing that he is a pathological liar.
“The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged and consequently sentenced to two terms of Life Imprisonment which are to run concurrently,” Soladoye held.
The judge ordered that the convict should have his name entered into the register of sexual offenders of Lagos state.
NAN reports that the prosecutor presented six witnesses and two exhibits at the trial against the defendant.
According to the state prosecution team, Mrs. Olufunke Adegoke and Ms. Abimbola Abolade, the convict committed the offense sometime between 2017 and 2018 in Festac Lagos.
They submitted that the defendants unlawfully had sexual intercourse with the two survivors while their parents were not in the house.
The offense contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2015.
There have uncountable cases of individuals getting high jail sentences due to defilement, but it seems they won't be a stop to such acts anytime as it is becoming a frequent occurrence.