A 55-year-old man, Collins Ika, has been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by a Delta State High Court of Justice sitting at Orerokpe for raping an 11-year-old girl entrusted to him in the Ugolo community, Okpe Local Government Area of the state. The court ordered that the money be forfeited to the Delta State Government. The mother of the girl also testified that she entrusted the child and her siblings to the defendant, their neighbour, during her absence. Following a report to the police, the defendant fled but was later arrested in a sting operation facilitated by a human rights activist. In 2025, an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, sentenced a 33- year-old man, Olamilekan Ajewole, to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl.

Source: Punch February 25, 2026 23:19 UTC