Igwe Ambrose, 65, was given a double life sentence by the Ikeja Sexual Offenses and Domestic Violence Court for poking his fingers into his tenant’s children’s private areas, who are seven and eleven years old.
Judge Abiola Soladoye declared that Ambrose’s four counts of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault by penetration had been established beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution.
Soladoye claimed that the defendant was a dirty old man who, despite appearing to provide the survivors help with their schooling, stroked and caressed their breasts in an inappropriate manner.
She said the defendant had been identified and that the survivor’s evidence had shown him to be an unreliable, dishonest, and unworthy liar.
“The children decided to open up to their mother, who then informed her husband; he thereafter confronted the defendant and the matter was reported to a police station.
“The police visited the scene and the defendant was invited to the police station where he denied the allegations against him.
The judge, therefore, found the defendant guilty of all four counts against him, which were brought against him in violation of Sections 135 and 261 of the Lagos State 2015 Criminal Laws.
Mrs. Olufunke Adegoke, the State Counsel, called four witnesses: the mother of the survivors, the IPO, who submitted five exhibits, and two survivors.
According to the prosecution, the defendant committed the charges at Shagari Estate in Ipaja, Lagos, between January and June of 2021.
