Man jailed 60 years for raping minor in Delta
Naija News • 4d ago
A 55-year-old man, Collins Ika, has been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by a Delta State High Court of Justice sitting at Orerokpe for raping an 11-year-old girl entrusted to him in the Ugolo community, Okpe Local Government Area of the state.
The offence was committed between 2021 and 2022.
The trial judge, Justice Joe Egwu, while delivering the judgment in Orerokpe on Monday, also ordered the convict to pay ₦50million as compensation to the victim.
In addition, the court ordered the forfeiture of ₦111,000 brought by the defendant in an attempt to settle the matter out of court without the knowledge of the complainant, the police, or a human rights activist.
The court ordered that the money be forfeited to the Delta State Government.
The prosecution, led by Miss Phoebian Onomakpo...