Chai! For Touching A Girl’s Breasts, See What Happened To A 37-Year-Old Man in Lagos

A man who touched the breasts of a young girl without her
consent in Lagos is being punished for the sordid act.The 37-
year-old man, Ibrahim Abu, has been sentenced to six months
imprisonment by an Ikeja magistrate’s Court, at the weekend,
for touching the breast of a 17-year-old girl (names
withheld) without her consent.
According to Vanguard, Abu, who lives at 6, Mosque Close,
Isheri-Olofin, Lagos State, was arraigned before Magistrate
Osusanmi and sentenced last Friday for sexually assaulting the
girl Monday last week.Vanguard gathered that the girl was
askedby her parents to learn hairdressing, while awaiting the
release of her Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, SSCE,
result.It was learned that at 7:30p.m. last week Monday, while
she was returning home, Abu accosted the victim at Baale Bus
Stop Akowonjo, and touched her breast without seeking her
consent.It was gathered that in retaliation, she slapped Abu
and he hit her with a plank; she reportedly fell, became
unconscious and was rushed to a hospital.Abu was later
arrested by policemen attached to Shasha Police Station and
thecase reported to Domestic, Sexual Violence Response Team,
DSVRT. Delivering her judgment, Osusanmi said the offence
contravened Section 135 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State,
2011.Reacting over the judgement, Coordinator of DSVRT,
Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said: “While we are pleased with
this conviction, this case depicts the current height of
impunity with which abusers act.“The success of this
conviction can be linked to DSVRT’s early engagement with
the concerned victim and collaboration with the police, who
despite the pleas and pressures from members of the society,
ensured that the case was charged to court.“The role of the
society in encouraging victims to speak out, protect victims
and encourage justice is now crucial more than ever.”Vivour-
Adeniyi disclosed that “the defendant’s name and details have
been entered into the S*x Offenders Register.
“We, therefore, use this medium to implore members of the
society and stakeholders to play their roles in the fight
against s*xual and gender-based violence.”