An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a man, Buchi Stanley, to four years and two months imprisonment for the indecent treatment of a 14-year-old girl.
Justice Rahman Oshodi convicted him after he pleaded guilty to one of the charges brought against him by the Lagos State Government.
The prosecution said Stanley, sometime in October 2022, at No. 2, Owoseni Street, Surulere, Lagos, indecently treated a 14-year-old girl by asking her to massage his penis with her hands.
Stanley, who was initially arraigned on May 26, 2023, over an allegation of defilement, indecent treatment of a child, and sexual assault, admitted in his statement that he told the minor to touch his penis severally.
He said, “One particular morning on October 18, 2022, I was bathing and I heard a knock on my door. I couldn’t come out due to the fact that I didn’t know who it was, but I managed to come…