In a statement, the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development assured that justice will be done in the matter, as the state government his committed to protecting children.
While being led in evidence by the Prosecutor, Inspector Thomas Ojo, the nominal complainant told the court that she was accosted, taken to the bush behind a fish-pond in the area and defiled by Jatto on January 22, 2019. “He removed my pant, brought out his baby and forced it inside my baby . It was so painful and when he finished, he gave me N200 and turned my back, trying to do the same thing again. I bend-down, picked my pant from the floor and ran,” she said.
On her part, the mother of the victim said the defendant was initially released at Oregbeni Police Station and the IPO pressurised her to settle but she refused.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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