A pedophile and trader has been sent behind the
bars for 21 years by an Ikeja High Court for defiling
a six-year-old girl.
Chidi Ibiam, 27, got the jail term in a landmark
judgment delivered by Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya.
Ibiam, who sold foodstuffs and resides at the
Baruwa area of Ipaja, Lagos, was found guilty of
defilement.
“I have noted before me all the relevant facts of this
case. The defendant is hereby found guilty of the
crime of defilement and is sentenced to 21 years in
prison,” Justice Ogunsanya ruled.
During the trial, the prosecution, led by the state
counsel, Mr. Adebayo Haroun, had told the court
that Ibiam committed the offence on December 15,
2012 and was caught after the victim reported the
assault to her mother.
According to the prosecution, the convict was well-
known to the victim’s family being a neighbour and a
church member.
The six-year-old (name withheld) had told the court
that the defendant had unlawful carnal knowledge of
her 12 times including in a shop and in a
neighbour’s house.
“He used to give me garri (cassava flour) and money,
then he would ask me to sit on his laps before he
would start touching me,” the six-year-old girl told
the court.
The victim referred to Ibiam’s genitals as ‘tom tom’
throughout her testimony.
A medic and prosecution witness from Orile-Agege
General Hospital, Dr. Adefunke Adeoye, also told the
court that when she conducted a honeypotl
examination on the victim, she found evidence of
sexual assault and broken hymen.
Delivering her judgment, Justice Ogunsanya
admonished parents to start teaching their children
the rightful names of male and female genitals.