For defiling a three-year-old neighbour’s daughter, (name withheld), Sunday Oyedele has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday in Lagos.
The judgement was delivered by Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court.
According to the judge, the convict is a “sexual monster”.
Soladoye held that the prosecution had proven its case beyond reasonable doubt.
She said,”The defilement saga is unfortunate, the defendant is a sexual monster, a paedophile who should be locked away.
“The charge against the defendant has been proven beyond reasonable doubt.
“The defendant having been found guilty is sentenced to life imprisonment with no option of fine.
“He is also to have his name registered in the Sex Offenders Register as maintained by the Lagos State Government,” the judge said.
According to the prosecution team; Mr. Olusola Soneye, Mrs. Arinola Momoh-Ayokanbi and Mrs. Olufunke Adegoke, the defendant committed the offence in November 2017.
The convict was arraigned on April 29, 2019, on one-count charge of defilement, that is having unlawful sexual intercourse with the toddler at Itamaga area of Ikorodu, Lagos.
During the trial four witnesses had testified on the side of prosecution team including Dr. Oyedeji Alagbe, a medical doctor from the Mirabel Centre (a Sexual Assault Referral Center)
Alagbe in his evidence said that medical examinations revealed that the minor was defiled both anally and vaginally.
His defence counsel was Mr. Kelechi Obi.
Oyedele had testified in his own defence.
