Finally! A Rapist Gets Sentenced In Benin For Defiling A Five-Year-Old Girl
An Evbuoriaria Magistrates’ Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Osazuwa Edigin, to five years’ imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl, the Punch reports.
Even though the prescribed penalty by the Senate for raping a child under 11 is life imprisonment, Osazuwa’s sentencing is a welcome development in a country where cases like this are swept under the carpet.
According to the Punch;
The prosecutor, Aigbodion Obakpolor, had told the court that the offence was committed on July 10, 2014, at Aziegbe Street, off Sakponba Road in Benin, the state capital.
See AlsoThe charge read, “That you, Osazuwa Edigin, on July 14, 2014, at about 11am on Aziegbe Street, off Sakponba Road, Benin City, in Evbuoriaria Magisterial District, did defile one (name withheld) aged five, by inserting your penis into her private parts, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable in Edo State.”
Although Edigin had pleaded not guilty to the offence, the presiding magistrate, Mr. Frank Idiake, ruled that he would serve his jail term with hard labour.
Yes I love this but commissioner of police let it not be by tmoro u pple will release him.
Serves him right
Yes I love dis may u rot in jail a sycopast
Like u.
Good for him
Very good. This is the kinda news I like pertaining rape.
Very good! Let them be paying for their sins.
Very good
sweet.ler him even b forgotten in jail
Honestly, the sentence is too short.
Good one..serves him right
Nice one
5 years with hard labour is too small but considering that others went unpunished,this welcome
Life in imprisonment would have be appropriate…to teach others a lesson
They should be getting life sentence, that’s the only way this madness will stop.
This is a great improvement, at least they are starting from somewhere
Serves hhm right,am so happy
very nice bold step u have taken,but pls dont release him tomorrow ooo because my daughter is in Benin,i will cut of his manhood
The sentence is not long enough but it’s a good start