COURT SENTENCES SECURITY GUARD TO 16 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR SEXUALLY EXPLOITING TWO CHILDREN IN CALABAR
A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a 47-year-old security guard identified as Obinna Andrew, to 16 years imprisonment for sexually exploiting two children.
However, the jail sentence comes with an option of N3m fine.
Justice Simon Amobeda said the sentence was to serve as a lesson to others, and stated that the rate of sexual exploitation of minors was increasing in the society.
The Judge revealed that he gave the convict some considerations because he was a first time offender, and he pleaded guilty immediately.
The Judge also added that the sentence will run from the day of the convict’s arrest.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, who spoke with newsmen after the judgment, said the convict was first arraigned on February 26th, 2020.
According to him, Andrew took the victims, who were stranded, into an apartment in the High Court Judges Quarters in Calabar.
Nwanwenne revealed Andrew sexually exploited the girls after inducing them with Indian hemp and he even invited his friends to also do the same thing.
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