A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a Lagos farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, to 10 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter (name withheld).
Justice Sule Hassan convicted Onajobi following a six-year trial
The judge said the prosecution successful proved the charges of rape and unlawful canal knowledge made against the farmer.
Justice Hassan held: โThe prosecution has been able to establish the charges against the defendant. โI have also listened to the plea of allocutos made by the defendantโs counsel, though, she did not say much.
โThe offences that the defendant is charged with are very serious offences, consequently, I hereby sentenced you, Yesiru Onajobi to 10 years imprisonment on each count without option of fine.
โThe terms of imprisonment are to run concurrently. However, the period spent in custody shall be deducted from the jail termsโ.
Onajobi was arraigned by the National Agency for Prohibition and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on July 18, 2013.
The offences, according to NAPTIP, contravened Sections 13 (1) and 18 (a) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement Act 2003.
