A Rivers State family court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 75-year-old man, Promise Chukwumatti, to ten years’ imprisonment without the option of a fine for defiling an 11-year-old girl.
The court also ordered that the convict should pay the sum of N1m to the family of the minor as compensation and that his name should be included in the list of rapists in the state.
Chukwumatti was charged with one count of defilement of a minor.
The trial judge, Justice Rita Oguguo, in her judgment, held that the prosecution had, through oral, confessional statements and evidence presented before the court, proved beyond every reasonable doubt that the convict committed the offence.
The convict was said to have had carnal knowledge with the minor in his apartment several times after luring her with an unspecified amount of money while on her way to school.
