Pastor jailed for raping 14-year-old daughter

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Home Violence Court docket in Lagos, on Monday, sentenced a Forty five-yr-old pastor, Ndukwe Ogbu, to 25 years imprisonment for raping his 14-yr-old daughter.

Ogbu modified into as soon as arraigned in February 2021 over prices bordering sexual assault, sexual assault by penetration, and related offences. His trial, nonetheless, commenced in October that yr.

The minor, while narrating the stressful ordeal, knowledgeable the court docket that the pastor would reach into her room naked, exercise her garments, and power himself on her. She additionally mentioned that Ogbu, who raped her on a lot of cases, threatened her now not to advise somebody about it.

The victim confided in her faculty trainer, who then alerted a social employee, Femi Oyeleke, who, in flip, reported the case to the police.

Oyeleke modified into as soon as display in some unspecified time in the future of the court docket hearing as a glimpse, alongside a health care provider who examined the minor.

The pastor denied the allegations, claiming he modified into as soon as now not display on the time of the incidents and alleging that the victim had memory disorders.

The presiding acquire, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, chanced on his claims unconvincing and relied on testimonies from the minor, Oyeleke, and the doctor who examined the minor to order her judgment.

While delivering the judgement, Justice Abike-Fadipe infamous that the pastor lacked remorse and refused to apologise for the crime he committed.

Justice Abike-Fadipe sentenced the pastor to three years imprisonment on the well-known depend and 25 years imprisonment each and every on the 2d and third counts, making a whole of 25 years imprisonment, with the phrases to toddle similtaneously.

The sentence modified into as soon as backdated to December 2019, when he modified into as soon as first remanded in custody.