A 35-year-old man, Chinedu Owribor, is to spend two years in prison custody for assaulting an 11-year-old girl. He was convicted by Mefo Adebanjo of Oredo Magistrate Court, sitting in Benin, who however gave him a bail option of N100,000. The prosecutor, Police Corporal Godwin Uangbayo, said the offence is punishable under section 218 and 360 of the Criminal Code Cap 48 Vol II laws of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria 1976 as applicable to Edo.
Chinedu who pleaded guilty to using his hands to fondle the breast of his victim, however pleaded not guilty to the charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim. He told the court that he touched the victim breast only twice.
Also, a sixty-seven-year-old grandfather, George Onaighinor, was arraigned for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same victim. Onaighinor who was charged alongside convicted Chinedu Owribor, was accused of violating the under-aged girl between January and December, 2014.
He pleaded not guilty to the two count charge of unlawful carnal knowledge and fondling of the girl’s breast. The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Mefo Adebanjo, granted him bail in the sum of N300,000 and a surety in like sum who must be gainfully employed. Adebanjo adjourned the case till March 21 for hearing.
Source: Naij.com
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