The Lagos State Sexual Offences & Domestic Violence Court Sentenced, Chukwukemeka Ejike to Life Imprisonment 14 Years Imprisonment for Attempted Sexual Assault by Penetration of a 9 Year Old Girl.
His name will be registered in the Sexual Offenders Register as maintained by Lagos State.
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 50-year-old trader, Chukuwemeka Ejike, to 14 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl. The judge sentenced Ejike after he pleaded guilty as charged by the state government.
The defendant was initially arraigned sometime in June 2017 on a two-count charge bordering on defilement. Ejike was alleged to have committed the offence in May 2017 at No 1, Samson Street, Oke Odo, Agege, Lagos, when he attempted to put his penis in the vagina of the girl.
The prosecution said his offence contravened the provision of Section 262 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
He had initially pleaded not guilty and the prosecution called four witnesses, which included the Investigation Police Officer, the father of the survivor, a medical doctor, and the survivor, who testified against the defendant. The defendant, however, opted for a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to an amended charge, dated January 4, 2024. Justice Oshodi described the offence as a terrible thing.
Oshodi held that he was satisfied that the convict understood the nature of the plea bargain and the gravity of the charge against him. The judge said besides the evidence led by the prosecution, he was satisfied that the essential elements of attempt to commit sexual assault by penetration had been established.
“I have considered the plea bargain that you signed and the allocutus from your counsel. I hereby sentence you to 14 years imprisonment which will start from the day of your remand,” the judge held.
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