Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a school proprietor, Ibitoye Babatunde to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict is the proprietor of God is Great Nursery and Primary school, Ado-Ekiti.
Justice Mosun Abodunde rule that the prosecution had established case of rape beyond reasonable doubt.
She described the convict as a pathological liar, randy, shameless adult who is a danger to girl-child around him, including his own female children.
“The court must rise up to give the needed defence to the voiceless children,” she said.
Abodunde said that the court cannot watch sexual violence against any one if proved, to go unpunished.
“Teachers, proprietors, parents are meant to be destiny molders and not destiny destroyers or wasters,” she added.
The court found the accused guilty and convicted as charged in accordance with provisions of SS 2(2) Child’s Rights Laws, 2006, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
The proprietor was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment without an option of fine.
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