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Magistrate court in Osogbo, Osun State has sentenced a 45-year-old
grandfather, Mr Bamidele Tijani to three years imprisonment for raping a
10-year-old girl.
The Police prosecutor, Mr. Fagboyinbo Abiodun told the court that the Bamidele raped the little girl at Isale Osun Area in Osogbo on December 19, 2013.
Abiodun told the court that the offence
committed by Bamidele was contrary to and punishable under section 218
of the criminal code.
Tijani said he had pleaded guilty to the offence preferred against him since the first day of his arraignment in court and pleaded with the judge to mitigate his punishment.
Magistrate Olusola Aluko of an Osogbo Magistrate sentenced Bamidele to three years
imprisonment without an option of fine.
Aluko said that the jail term should run from the date that the convict was first arraigned in court on the matter.
Tijani said he had pleaded guilty to the offence preferred against him since the first day of his arraignment in court and pleaded with the judge to mitigate his punishment.
Magistrate Olusola Aluko of an Osogbo Magistrate sentenced Bamidele to three years
imprisonment without an option of fine.
Aluko said that the jail term should run from the date that the convict was first arraigned in court on the matter.
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