Harnie Gold
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Joseph Ibanga, a lesson teacher, have been handed a life imprisonment sentence for the defilement of a minor (name withheld) at No.12, Iresi Street Orile-Agege area of Lagos, who he was hired to teach, because she has not been in school “for a long time due to slow learning.”
The sentence was passed by Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Lagos Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, on Monday 6 June, 2022.
Justice Soladoye passed the sentence, after Ibanga, was found guilty of defiling and impregnating a minor and she ordered that the convict Joseph Ibanga's name be written into the register of sexual offenders of Lagos State.
According to the prosecution team, Mr. Olusola Soneye, Mrs. Olufunke Adegoke and Ms. Abimbola Abolade, the defendant had committed the offence between January and March 2019.
The defendant, had no witness while the prosecution team, presented three witnesses.
Joseph Ibanga's offence is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
According to the Judge, the defendant, ravished the minor who was his student with impunity, “He ravished the student with impunity and taught her nonsense. He has brought ridicule to the teaching profession and this punishment will serve as a lesson to him."
Judge Soladoye said:
“The survivor was a minor and her consent is immaterial. The evidence before the court showed that the defendant had sex with the victim in her home and in the defendant’s own matrimonial home. She subsequently became pregnant and had a baby.
“The medical report corroborated the evidence against the defendant. The defendant is responsible for the act and there is evidence before the court to prove same.
“The survivor identified the defendant as her lesson teacher and the person who had sexual intercourse with her without her consent.
“The defendant is very ungrateful and wicked, ravished the student with impunity and taught her nonsense. Ibanga has brought ridicule to the teaching profession and this punishment will serve as a lesson to him and warning to others.
“The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged based on the avalanche of evidence against him, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment.”
It was reported that, the defendant forcefully had carnal knowledge of the minor where she lived with her aunt whenever he went to teach her which resulted to pregnancy and the victim having a baby.
The sentence was passed by Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Lagos Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, on Monday 6 June, 2022.
Justice Soladoye passed the sentence, after Ibanga, was found guilty of defiling and impregnating a minor and she ordered that the convict Joseph Ibanga's name be written into the register of sexual offenders of Lagos State.
According to the prosecution team, Mr. Olusola Soneye, Mrs. Olufunke Adegoke and Ms. Abimbola Abolade, the defendant had committed the offence between January and March 2019.
The defendant, had no witness while the prosecution team, presented three witnesses.
Joseph Ibanga's offence is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates life imprisonment for offenders.
According to the Judge, the defendant, ravished the minor who was his student with impunity, “He ravished the student with impunity and taught her nonsense. He has brought ridicule to the teaching profession and this punishment will serve as a lesson to him."
Judge Soladoye said:
“The survivor was a minor and her consent is immaterial. The evidence before the court showed that the defendant had sex with the victim in her home and in the defendant’s own matrimonial home. She subsequently became pregnant and had a baby.
“The medical report corroborated the evidence against the defendant. The defendant is responsible for the act and there is evidence before the court to prove same.
“The survivor identified the defendant as her lesson teacher and the person who had sexual intercourse with her without her consent.
“The defendant is very ungrateful and wicked, ravished the student with impunity and taught her nonsense. Ibanga has brought ridicule to the teaching profession and this punishment will serve as a lesson to him and warning to others.
“The defendant is hereby found guilty as charged based on the avalanche of evidence against him, and he is sentenced to life imprisonment.”
It was reported that, the defendant forcefully had carnal knowledge of the minor where she lived with her aunt whenever he went to teach her which resulted to pregnancy and the victim having a baby.
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