Ifeanyi Ndieze was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old in a church and was given a life sentence by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.
In accordance with Section 261 of the Criminal Law, the judge ruled on Tuesday that the prosecution had properly proven the sexual assault by penetration accusation against Ndieze.
“The child identified the defendant as the man who carried her during a church programme and sexually assaulted her by inserting his finger into her vagina.
“The child was taken home, and while the mother bathed her, she was bleeding uncontrollably. At the hospital, doctors said that the matter should be reported to the police.
“The child, at the police station, was bleeding still, while her underwear, soaked with blood, was removed and taken as an exhibit.
“The child, when taken to the hospital, was in severe pain and found to have been forcibly penetrated,” the judge decided.
She described the convict as a degrading spectacle.
“The defendant is a pathological liar, as he tried to deny the offence. This is unforgivable behaviour.
“The defendant is hereby found guilty of sexually assaulting the four-year-old child, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment,” Soladoye declared.
She also added that the convict’s name ought to be listed in the Lagos State Sexual Offences Register.
The judge urged parents to raise their children well. Soladoye said that the mother of the child shouldn’t have left her with her older sibling, a six-year-old boy.