A 47 years old civil servant, working with Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corp, Ramoni Amure, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling a 15-year-old minor.

Justice Rahman Oshodi of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, yesterday sentenced Amure to life imprisonment after being found guilty as charged by the state government.

The prosecution had arraigned the convict on July 28, 2021, on a two-count charge bordering defilement and attempt to procure abortion.

He was alleged of having sexual intercourse with the survivor who was 15 years old in 2020 when the incident happened at No 8, Okesina in Lagos.

His offences contravene the provision of section 137,142 (1)(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

However, Justice Rahman Oshodi while delivering judgement held that the prosecution has proved the case of defilement but failed to prove the case of attempt to procure abortion.

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He held that the prosecution did not present a medical expert to establish that the substance given to the victim was poisonous or noxious or capable of procuring an abortion.

The judge further held that you, “Ramoni Amure your conduct was grievous giving your position as a law enforcement officer with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corp, you abuse the trust and intimidate the victim

“I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment and also your name should be registered as a sex offender in the Lagos State register book.”

During the trial, the prosecution counsel, O. Aluko called four witnesses: PW1 the survivor, PW2 the social worker, PW3 the survivor’s mother and PW4 an Investigation Police Officer (IPO) to establish the offence against the defendant.

The defendant’s counsel, Mr. Abel Iwoara, presented only one witness, which was the defendant.