Categories: Crime

Man Sentenced To 16 Years For Raping Teenager

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a man, Charles Ogagbe to 16 years in prison for defiling a 15-year-old girl.

Ogagbe, an indigene of Delta State was convicted of the crime, which occurred in 2022 in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Chief Magistrate Rita Oguguo, in her judgment, cited the Child Rights Act, stating that the prosecution successfully proved the case of defilement against Ogagbe.

Chief Magistrate Oguguo sentenced him to 16 years imprisonment without the option of a fine.

Hafsoh Isiaq

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