Handcuffed Prisoner
A 26-year-old tenant, Isha Muhammad was on Monday sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping his landlord’s eight-year-old granddaughter in Osun State.
In her ruling, Justice Olusegun Agboola found Muhammad guilty of the offence committed on April 19 at about 8 pm inside a kitchen.
The convicted tenant was first arraigned on August 3 on three counts of rape, defilement and indecent assault.
Prosecution lawyer from the Ministry of Justice, Idayat Abdulrahman presented five witnesses and tendered six exhibits which were admitted in evidence by the court.
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Abdulrahman further said the victim’s aunt, Araoye Bolanle, 26, on the second day of the incident saw houseflies on the victim, which prompted her to do a thorough checking. She discovered blood and sperm stain on the victim’s private part when she wanted to bathe her.
The victim then narrated how she was raped by Muhammed to her aunt.
Justice Agboola of the Osun State High Court in Osogbo then sentenced Muhammad for rape and indecent assault of a minor.