Man, 45, bags 15-year jail term for raping his tenant’s niece
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos, on Monday sentenced an ex-staff of an oil company, James Onuoha, to 15 years at the correctional centre for raping his tenant’s 14-year-old niece.On Jan. 14, the court had adjourned the case until March 25, for judgment, after the parties adopted their final written addresses.
At the resumed hearing on Monday, the Lagos State Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Babatunde Sunmonu, and the defence counsel, Dr Victor Olowonla, announced their appearance. “My lord, he is a first-time offender; he is a family man with wife and children, and also the bread winner of his family. Onuoha was remanded in Kirikiri correctional centre pending legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions .The state government accused Onuoha of committing the alleged offences on Jan. 4, 2016, at No.25, Samuel Amoore Street, Idowu Estate, Ike-Ira Nla, Ajah, Lagos.He said the offences contravened Sections 137 and 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
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