Court Sentence Home Teacher Who Ra-ped, Impregnated Teenage Girl | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Jun 07, 2022
Court Sentence Home Teacher Who Ra-ped, Impregnated Teenage Girl | READ DETAILS
A home teacher, one Mr. Joseph Ibanga, have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Se-xual Offences Court, Lagos state.
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The convict was said to have committed the offence between January and March 2019 at No.12, Iresi Street, Orile-Agege, of the state.
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The prosecution team; Olusola Soneye, Olufunke Adegoke, and Abimbola Abolade told the court that Ibanga was recruited to teach the victim who lived with her aunt, because she was not in school "for a long time due to slow learning.ÔÇØ
He was said to have ra-ped her consistently until she got pregnant and had a baby, an offense that is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
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Three witnesses were presented against the teacher by the prosecution counsels.
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Ruling on the matter, Justice Abiola Soladoye said;
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"The survivor was a minor and her consent is immaterial. The evidence before the court showed that the defendant had se-x with the victim in her home and in the defendant's own matrimonial home. She subsequently became pregnant and had a baby.
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"The medical report corroborated the evidence against the defendant. The defendant is responsible for the act and there is evidence before the court to prove same.
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"The survivor identified the defendant as her lesson teacher and the person who had se-xual intercourse with her without her consent.
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"The defendant is very ungrateful and wicked, ravished the student with impunity and taught her nonsense. Ibanga has brought ridicule to the teaching profession and this punishment will serve as a lesson to him and warning to others.
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"The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged based on the avalanche of evidence against him, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment.ÔÇØ
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The judge ordered that the convict should have his name entered into the register of sexual offenders of Lagos State.
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— Faith Ukanwa