Ola Kiya, Reporting
A man, Daniel Godwin Etong, has been convicted and sentenced to a life imprisonment for defiling a seven-year-old girl.
Etong was found guilty and sentenced by a High Court in Asaba, Delta State.
A statement issued by Mrs Patricia Uche Akamagwuna, Director, Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and Child Rights Unit, Ministry of Justice Asaba, in the state, noted that the convict has consequently been registered in the Delta State Sexual Offenders Register with his details uploaded in the National Database.
Mrs Akamagwuna stated that the judgement, was a pointer to the fact that the fight against perpetrators of Sexual Offences in the state was winnable.
She said the judgement ensured that one more Sexual Offender was off the street and would not be able to prey on defenseless children and women, again.
She stated that the conviction and sentence will help to deter others from committing similar offences.