The survivor in her testimony narrated to the court how her father would take her into the living room “every night” and defile her.
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Sulaiman Usman, to life imprisonment for defiling his eight-year-old daughter.
Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Usman to life imprisonment after finding him guilty as charged.
In October 2019, the Lagos State Government had arraigned Usman before Justice Sybil Nwaka but following her elevation to the Court of Appeal, the case was reassigned to Justice Oshodi.
The defendant was subsequently rearraigned on a two-count charge bordering on defilement of his two daughters, aged eight and five, at his residence in the Apapa area of Lagos State.
The offence contravenes the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
