27-year-old Chidi Ibiam was on Thursday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court for defiling a six-year-old girl.
The judge held: “I have noted all the relevant facts of this case before me. The defendant is, hereby, found guilty of the crime of defilement and is sentenced to 21 years in prison.”
Ibiam committed the offence on December 15, 2012, and was caught after the victim reported the assault to her mother.
Apparently, the convict was the victim’s family’s neighbour and fellow church member.
Testifying before the judge, the six-year-old girl (names withheld), told the court that the defendant had sex with her on 12 different occasions: at a shop, a neighbour’s house, and other places.
