The Lagos State Special Court has sentenced Folorunsho
Oluwaseun, a 51-year-old father, to 40 years in prison for repeatedly raping
his teenage daughter.
The judgment was delivered on Wednesday by Justice S. Nwaka
after a two-year trial.
During the trial, a medical expert, Elizabeth Olatunji, gave
an expert witness on the perpetual sexual assault that lasted six years.
Olatunji, who also works at the Mirabel Centre where rape
victims in the state are referred to, noted that the medical examination showed
that the victim sustained an injury in her private parts, adding that the
defendant also assaulted the victim’s sister.
She said, “The main finding was on the hymen. There was a
transition on the hymen. The victim told me that she was angry. She said her
father was not only sexually assaulting her; he was also assaulting her younger
sister. She said her father began to sleep with her not long after her mother
left them.
“The girl also said that when the matter persisted, she
reported to her grandmother but the grandmother ignored her and only said that
there was no cause for alarm as long as her father did not get them pregnant.”
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