Man bags life imprisonment for sexually assaulting 4year old girl in church

The judge tagged the act to be an “unforgivable behaviour”.

A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeda has sentenced a man, identified as Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old while in church.

According to reports, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who was the judge at the court, held that prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Ndieze in line with Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

She told news correspondents: “The child identified the defendant as the man who carried her during a church programme and sexually assaulted her by inserting his finger into her vagina.

“The child was taken home, and while the mother bathed her, she was bleeding uncontrollably. At the hospital, doctors said that the matter should be reported to the police.

“The child, at the police station, was bleeding still, while her underwear, soaked with blood, was removed and taken as an exhibit.

“The child, when taken to the hospital, was in severe pain and found to have been forcibly penetrated,” the judge stated.

She also stated that the convict tried to deny the offence.

“The defendant is a pathological liar as he tried to deny the offence.

“This is an unforgivable behaviour.

“The defendant is hereby found guilty of sexually assaulting the four-year-old child, and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment,” she concluded.

Justice Abiola also said that the convict’s name should be in the Lagos Sexual Offences Register, while she also advised parents to take proper care of their children.