A 32-year-old student, Essien Aniedi-Bassey has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for attempting to s3xu@lly a$$ault a 10-year-old girl.
He was jailed by Ikeja S3xu@l Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Aniedi-Bassey to 21 years jail term after he pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent touching of the child’s br3asts
“The combined term of the 21 years imprisonment shall begin from March 23, 2018,” the judge held.
The State Counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, had presented two witnesses, the survivor and an Investigative Police Officer (IPO) before the convict opted for a plea bargain agreement.
Abolade had told the court that the convict committed the offence sometimes in August 2017 on Araromi Valley Estate in Ojodu, Lagos.
She submitted that the convict attempted to defile a minor.
The prosecution also told the court that the convict indecently treated the survivor by touching her breasts.
According to the prosecution, the offence contravened Sections 135 and 262 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, (2015).
