An Oredo Magistrate Court in Benin yesterday sentenced a 47-year-old man, Godwin Allu, to seven years imprisonment with hard labour for having séx with his daughter.
The
accused who pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of having unlawful
carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter, Blessing, was said to have
committed an offense punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code
Cap. 48 Vol. II of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976 as
applicable in Edo State.
Prosecuting
counsel, Miss. Loretta Asaka, told the court that on November 20, 2012,
one Mrs. Verlaine Enemaku reported the case at the charge room of the
Central Juvenile Welfare Centre of the Nigeria Police in Benin, after
being told by the Headmistress of Obaseki Primary School, Benin, that
blood stains were discovered on the victim’s uniform.
The complainant said upon interrogation, the victim told the head mistress that her father had séx
with her three times on different occasions. It was gathered that the
victim, who was admitted and treated at the Benin Central Hospital was
later discharged and taken to an orphanage.
Delivering
judgment in the case, Chief Magistrate Peter Asemota, who expressed
gladness that the accused voluntarily pleaded guilty to the crime,
pronounced him guilty as charged.
Asemota, who observed that cases of séxual
offenses were on the increase in her jurisdiction, said it was
necessary for the court to join other stakeholders in taking a serious
stand against the vice.
“For
this reason, the convict must be put out of circulation for sometime so
that he would not be able to continue with his bestial activities,” the
magistrate said.
The court thereafter sentenced the accused to seven years imprisonment with hard labour and no option of fine
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