Justice Mary Itsueli of a Benin High Court has sentenced one Enaho Odigie, a member of vigilance group in Egba community in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State, to life imprisonment.
DAILY POST reports that the convict was jailed for raping a 12-year-old girl on August 22, 2021.
The convict was said to have raped the minor at about 6pm at Ogieva street, off Benin/Auchi road behind First Bank, Aduwawa in Benin City.
Justice Itsueli in her judgment on Friday, May 24, 2024, in a suit numbered B/CD/24CV/21, held that the offence constravened Section 4 and punishable under Section 5(1) of the Edo State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law 2021.
She also held that “a person convicted of the offence of rape under section 4 of this law is liable to imprisonment for life without an option of fine”.
The judge, who added that the prescribed punishment did not give the court any room for discretion, maintained that having found the defendant guilty of the charge, he is…