Man Gets Only 7 Months Jail For Sleeping With 13-Yr-Old

A Kubwa Upper Area Court in Abuja on Friday
sentenced one Chigbo Uchendu, 23, to seven
months imprisonment for having s*xual
intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
The Presiding Judge, Alhaji Lawal Munir,
sentenced Uchendu after he pleaded guilty to the
one-count charge of gross indecency.
Munir, however, gave the convict an option of
N5, 000 fine.
The judge said that the court gave the light
sentence after it took into consideration the guilty
plea of the convict and the fact that he did not
waste its time.
Munir advised the convict to marry if he would
not be able to control his s*xual urge.
He said that the court convicted the accused in
spite of the complainant's request to withdraw
the case.
"The complainant's request to drop the charge
against the accused does not determine the trial.
The case is between the government and
Uchendu," he said.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Cpl. Ariki Kaura, told the
court that the father of a 13-year-old JS 1 student
reported the case on Nov. 27.
Kaura said that complainant, a resident of Dutse,
reported that the convict enticed his daughter
into his room with N1, 000 and had unlawful
carnal knowledge of her.
He said that the offence contravened Section 285
of the Penal Code