A retired soldier identified as Alabi Ibrahim was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.
The verdict was given in an Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday when the judged emphasized that the offence was contrary to Section 3 of Child Rights Law.
The young girl recounted her ordeal with the soldier narrating that she was sexually abused several times by the convict in their home where her mother also lived.The verdict was given in an Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday when the judged emphasized that the offence was contrary to Section 3 of Child Rights Law.
According to the judge, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi, medical reports showed that the convict infected the innocent girl with HIV leaving the young girl miserable for the rest of her life.
His arrest was instigated by the Ogun State chapter of Child Protection Network, CPN, an umbrella body of a non-governmental organisations, NGOs.
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