The retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, who raped and infected his step daughter with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), has been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta.
The convict in 2012 in his Abeokuta residence severally had forced unlawful carnal knowledge of his 10-year-old step-daughter, and got away with it until the girl drew the attention of the Ogun State Chapter of the Child Protection Network (CPN), a Non-Governmental Organisations that fights for children’s rights which pushed for the arrest and prosecution of the suspect.
Medical tests carried out on her, diagnosed her with HIV, just as the 63-year-old Alabi’s blood sample tested positive to HIV too.
Handing down the judgment on Thursday, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi said, “I am fully convinced that the accused had repeatedly had sex with the girl. I found the accused guilty as charged. I find it not in my mind to show any mercy.
“The man is shameless, sleeping with mother and child, what an abomination. People like him need not to be in the society. I therefore sentenced him to life imprisonment, he should however be given access to reasonable treatment.”
