“He is a dirty father who should be locked up for life as his conduct is disgracing.
“The defendant is found guilty as charged and he is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment on each of the two charges,” she said.
Ms Soladoye also ordered that the convict’s name should be registered in the sexual offences register of Lagos State.
The Lagos State counsel, Olufunke Adegoke, presented five witnesses while the convict testified as a sole witness during the trial.
Ms Adegoke submitted that the convict committed the offences between 2008 and 2017 at No. 2 Agbeke St. by Iyana-Era Bus Stop, Ijanikin, Lagos.
Child defilement violates Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
He said they had planned to enforce the sit-at-home order when a joint security team busted their hideouts.
“A joint security team, comprising police operatives of the Enugu State Command, NPF Special Forces, and Troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army Enugu, acting on credible intelligence, busted the criminal hideout of IPOB/ESN subversive criminal elements.
“The criminal elements were already perfecting plans to enforce the illegal sit-at-home order in the state.
“Three of the hoodlums, who opened fire on the joint team upon sighting them, were neutralised, while several others escaped with severe degrees of gunshot wounds in the ensuing gunfight,” Mr Ndukwe said, noting that a search had begun for the fleeing hoodlums.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kanayo Uzuegbu, while commending the joint team, reassured of the security and safety of citizens and urged them to go about their lawful businesses in the state.
The commissioner reiterated the avowed commitment of the police and other security forces to sustain the onslaught against unrepentant violent criminals operating under any guise.
