Generator Mechanic Jailed Seven Years For Impregnating Minor Whose Father Contracted Him To Repair Generator
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced a generator mechanic, Anayor Ugo, to seven years imprisonment without option of fine for defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old girl.
It was learnt that the father of the underage girl contracted the mechanic in 2021 to come and repair one of their generators in their residence at Oyigbo, Oyigbo LGA of Rivers state.
The mechanic then, ended up defiling the underage girl, an action which also put her in the family way.
It was also learnt that the man threatened to kill the girl if she told anyone about the incident and fled the area.
However months later, when the girl’s mother started noticing changes in her daughter, she asked her and the girl opened up.
The matter was then reported to the police who started hunting for the suspect.
Although Ugo had during the trial admitted having carnal knowledge of the girl, he denied ejaculating, saying it was the latter that held him when he went to repair their generator and dragged him inside her room before he had carnal knowledge of her.
The trial Chief Magistrate, Rita Ogugua, in her judgment, said the prosecution was able to prove their case of defilement and having carnal knowledge of the underage girl through evidence and admission by Ugo, who is in his early 50s.
Ogugua thereafter convicted and sentenced Ugo to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine.
She said her ruling followed Ugo’s plea for mercy after being convicted before the sentence.
