A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced, a Pastor of a white garment Church in Rumuomasi Port Harcourt, Mishack Aguebere to two years imprisonment for pouring hot candle wax into the private part of a thirteen-year-old girl under his care.
The accused pastor Aguebere who was charged under section 222 of the criminal code of Rivers State Nigeria 1999, was said to have sexually assaulted his wife's 13 year old niece living with them inside the Church premises at Rumuomasi.
Chief Magistrate Felicitas Amanze, delivering her judgement said that
the accused action resulted to the victim having forceful tear of her hymen and other medical conditions as shown by the medical report conducted and tendered in court.
Chief Magistrate Amanze further ruled that the victim who has been psychological traumatized all through the court trial deserved justice, noting that sexual assault on children was becoming so rampant in the society.
In an interview with our correspondent, Head Legal Officer FIDA Rivers State, Esther Achor-Korienta, thanked the principal of Community Secondary School Rumuomasi who took up the case when the victim reported the incident to her, while frowning at the sentence as the punishment ought to have attracted life imprisonment and urged the Police to always charge case in accordance to the appropriate section of the law.
On her part, the Principal of Community Secondary School CSS Rumuomasi, Mrs. Eberechi Dike, advised principals and teachers of other schools to always take up complaints of students and pupils presented to them.
Mrs. Dike thanked FIDA Rivers for not relenting in the prosecution of the case.
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