EXCLUSIVE: Again, child sexual abuse rocks another Akwa Ibom school
A civil rights lawyer says there is a threat to evict the family from the community for reporting the child case to the police. 3 min read
While the public outcry over the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old boy at Deeper Life High School, Uyo, is yet to fizzle out, another Akwa Ibom school is enmeshed in a child sexual abuse case.
The latest case involves a three-year-old girl whose mum discovered, last week, her underwear was soaked with blood when she returned from school – Awin International Schools – in Ikono, about 32 kilometre from Uyo, the state capital.
Man jailed for life over rape of Akwa Ibom three-year-old stepdaughter
Patrick Odey, Uyo
THE Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 23-years-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter at Ikot Akpe village in Uyo Local Government Area of the state.
The court presided over by Justice Okon Okon, held on Wednesday that Moses is guilty of rape, contrary to Section 367 of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. 2 Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, 2000.
He described the convict as “a disgrace to humanity, whose conduct falls abysmally below even the conduct of beasts.”
A High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday sentenced one Iniobong Okon Moses to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter
He stated that he defiled his daughter by putting his fingers and penis into the victim’s vagina on November 8, 2019, when his wife left for the market.
The Police Medical Report showed a history of abnormal vaginal discharge and wound on the labium of the victim, a case of sexual assault with genital ulcer and genital tract infection.
Speaking on Wednesday in Uyo High Court 7, Justice Okon Okon found Moses guilty of rape, contrary to Section 367 of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. 2 Laws of Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria, 2000.
Okon described the accused as “a disgrace to humanity, whose conduct falls abysmally below even the conduct of beasts”.