An Abeokuta chief magistrates court has sentenced a 47 year old man to four years imprisonment for sexually abusing an eight year old girl in Sagamu
The convict, Moshood Shaabi, docked on a sole count charge, pleaded guilty to have indecently assaulted the minor.
The prosecuting counsel, Abolade Bukonla had told the court that the convict sexually abused the girl in a shop at Alaba market at Ogijo in Sagamu last Thursday.
In his confessional statement, the convict explained that he only pulled the underwear of the girl to avoid her after requesting for money to by biscuit.
A doctor’s report from a medical centre at Ogijo tendered by the prosecutor to the court confirmed that the convict had a forceful intercourse on her .
Chief Magistrate J. E Akan, in his ruling found the convict guilty and having confessed to have committed the act, sentenced him to four years imprisonment without option of fine
