Cleric: I Only Inserted Hands Into Her Private Part

An Islamic cleric, identified as Isah Mustapha, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice H O Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Ikeja, on Monday for defiling an eight-year-old minor in the state.

The victim, in her statement, accused the convict of having carnal knowledge of her in his house in 2017 when her mother sent her on an errand.

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She recounted that Mustapha called her on her way back.

“When I was about to get to our apartment, the defendant called me back saying he wanted to send me to my mother to collect onions from her and bring to him downstairs. So, I went upstairs to collect the onions, which my mother gave me to give to the defendant downstairs,” she added.

According to the minor, after handing the onions to Mustapha and she was about to return to her house, he called her back, saying he was not done sending her on an errand.

“He said I should enter his house, but I said no. I later entered so he would not tell my father that I disobeyed him. He then said I should take off my pant, but I said no. He later took it off himself and his trousers too, then he slept on me. He put his private parts inside me and had sex with me,” she said.

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She noted that the incident became public when her mother discovered bloodstains on her cloths during laundry.

In his testimony, Mustapha, the Islamic cleric admitted to sending the victim on the errand, however, he stated that he only inserted his finger in her private parts but not defiling her.

The defence counsel, M.O. Ifarinde, pleaded with Justice Oshodi to temper justice with mercy as her client was a first-time offender.

However, the prosecuting counsel, B.T. Boye, urged the judge to hand the maximum sentence to the defendant to serve as a deterrent to others.

The judge, after considering the argument of the defence and the prosecuting counsel, sentenced the defendant to life imprisonment.

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