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55-Year-Old Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Attempting To Rape His Daughter In Ekiti

A 55-year-old man will spend the next 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of trying to sexually assault his daughter.

A 55-year-old man, Bashiru Adeyanju, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High Court for attempting to rape his 17-year-old daughter in Ekiti State.

The convict on September 10, 2017, attempted to have sexual intercourse with his daughter at No 30, Irona Street, Ado-Ekiti.

The prosecution counsel, Wale Fapohunda, said the victim had alleged that her father started having sexual intercourse with her since she was 10 years old and that her father always gave her drugs to prevent pregnancy and threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone.

The court found Adeyanju guilty of the offence of attempted rape on the strength of his confessional statement and witnesses called during the trial.

The trial judge, Justice Monisola Abodunde, however did not find him guilty of the offence of serial rape, which he was also charged with.

Justice Abodunde sentenced the convict to 14 years’ imprisonment without an option of fine.

The judge also held that the three years the convict had already spent in jail should be subtracted from the jail term.

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Tobias Sylvester

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