A High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, sentenced 36-year-old commercial motorcycle operator Anietie Bassey Etim to 20 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl.
In his ruling, Justice Gabriel Ette found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in jail.
Justice Ette rules saying, “You are to spend the next 20 years in prison, having been found guilty of rape.”
According to reports, the accused, Etim, a native of Ikot Itie Udung in the Nsit Atai Local Government Area, rode his motorcycle with the victim to a church on a solitary path where he repeatedly defiled her.