The Lagos State Domestic and S*xual Violence Agency (DSVA) has lauded a court judgment sentencing a man, Folarin Rauf to life imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl in Lagos.
The agency commended the judgment in a tweet posted on Tuesday on its official Twitter handle @LagosDVSA, said justice had been served.
According to DSVA, Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja S*xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, handed down the sentence after finding the convict guilty of the offence of defilement.
“The sentence passed by Soladoye represents a significant victory in the fight against s*xual offences and domestic violence
“It serves as a warning to perpetrators that justice will always be served,”it stated.
The agency said that Rauf was arraigned on November 30, 2021, on one count of defilement which he pleaded not guilty.
Lagos DSVA noted that the offence committed contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state 2015.
The agency reiterated the state’s zero tolerance stance while restating commitment to helping survivors of s*xual offences and ensuring perpetrators were held accountable for their actions
It urged residents in the state to break the Culture of Silence by reporting cases of all forms of abuse.