Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underaged children.
Orisakwe whose daughters are ages eight, eight and six was charged with 3 counts of sexual assault by penetration offences which contravene the provisions of Section 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved the allegations against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.
She said, “The children’s subsequent denial in court after they made statements at Satellite Police Station that their father messed around their vaginas with his fingers is an afterthought and very unfortunate.
“The children were taken away from the custody of their mother and the sister-in-law painted lies in their minds.
“The medical report on the mental state of the defendant’s wife which she tendered before this court was dated February 2, 2023, but the sexual incident occurred years back and in desperation, they went to cook up a medical report from Imo state that the defendant’s wife is mentally unstable.”
Soladoye convicted the defendant and sentenced him to life imprisonment on each of the counts which will run concurrently.
The justice also ordered that the convict should have his name registered in the sexual offences register as maintained by Lagos State.
