For raping a housemaid, a 28-year-old man, Sheyi Raphael, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Gudu Upper Area Court in Abuja.
The accused, a resident of Nzube Estate, Lokogoma, Apo, Abuja, committed the offence on November 6, 2013.
Presiding judge, Mr. Adamu Wakili, sentenced Raphael when he pleaded guilty to the charge.
Apart from the jail term, the judge also
ordered the convict to pay N10, 000 to the victim or serve additional
six months in prison.
The judge said that the punishment was to serve as deterrent to people who engage in such acts.
Addressing the court,
the prosecutor, Corporal Christian Munonye, said that the victim was a
housemaid at No. 79, Nzube Estate, Lokogoma, Apo, Abuja…….
