Court Sentences Man For Impregnating His 15-Year-Old Daughter In Lagos
Faith Ukanwa
Jan 28, 2022
A 42-year-old father, Ekpo Lawrence, was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Se-xual Offences Court for defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old daughter.
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Giving the judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye said the prosecution diligently proved the ingredients of the charge of defilement that was proffered against Lawrence by the Lagos government.
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The judge said the evidence cited by the prosecution had been consistent, while that of the defendant had been inconsistent and manifestly unreliable.
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Soladoye in the judgment noted that Lawrence's denial of the allegations amounted to calculated attempt to mislead the court.
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She said:
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"The inglorious conduct of this defendant is dirty, scandalous and unpardonable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and condemnable in all ramifications.
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"The immoral behaviour of having se-x with his own biological daughter is toxic, absolutely disgraceful and an abomination contrary to the law of nature. It is morally reprehensible as it is incest.
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"This is a taboo and he must no doubt face the music for his morbid, sordid se-xual misconduct. For the above stated reasons, the defendant is sentenced to life imprisonment with no option of fine," he said.
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NAN reports that according to prosecution led by Mrs Bola Akinsete, Lawrence committed the offence between December 2018 and June 2019 at his home in Agege, Lagos.
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The survivor who was 17-years-old when she gave her evidence in court said her father had on numerous occasions defiled her whenever her stepmother traveled.
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She said the incest came to light when the she confided in a social worker in her school about her father's actions.
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Lawrence in his defence had denied having se-xual intercourse with his child claiming he was at work when the defilements allegedly took place.
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(NAN)
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— Faith Ukanwa