A man who impregnated his 17-year-old daughter in Ore, Ondo State, has pleaded guilty and asked the judge to be lenient with him.
A Magistrate Court sitting in the town, however, remanded the man, Peter Moses, in prison custody for allegedly impregnating the daughter.
The matter came up before Justice Mr F.O. Omofolarin.
The 36-year-old man was said to have committed the offence on the between November 2020 and January 2021 at Asewele Korede town in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
According to a report in ‘The Punch’, Police Prosecutor, Jimoh Amuda who told the court that the accused person had committed a punishable offence, that the police had just commenced investigations into the matter, asked the court for an adjournment to enable the police complete investigations and seek legal advice from the state Ministry of Justice.
The defendant was arraigned before the court on a two-count charge bothering on unlawful sexual intercourse. He pleaded guilty to the two charges levelled against him. He, however, urged the court to temper justice with mercy.
The charge sheet reads, “That you Peter Moses, on the between November 2020 and January 2021 at Asewele Korede camp via Ore in the Ore Magisterial District did unlawfully have sexual intercourse with one Peter Patience, aged 17 years and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 31 sub-section (1) and punishable under section 31 sub-section (2) of Part 3 of Child’s Right Acts of Federal Republic of Nigeria 2003.
“That you Peter Moses, during the same period, time and place in the aforementioned magisterial district did sexually abuse your daughter by having sexual intercourse with her and gave her four months old pregnancy, thereby committed an offence contrary to section 32 sub-section (2) and punishable under section 32 sub-section (2) of Part 3 of Child’s Right Acts of Federal Republic of Nigeria 2003.”
