A 41-year-old man, Kazeem Ogundele has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by a magistrate court sitting in Ota, Ogun State, for physically assaulting his 14-year-old son.
The convict, whose house address was not provided, was arraigned on a two counts of physical assault and intimidation, to which he pleaded guilty.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Magistrate of the court, Adeniji Akiode, who summarily tried and found Ogunleye guilty of the charges, sentenced him to three years imprisonment without an option of fine. Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Ejezie Cynthia, told the court that the convict committed the offences sometime in 2022 at Owode, Ota.
Ejezie said that Kazeem physically assaulted his 14-year-old son with a matchet on his head and his finger, which caused him permanent injury. He further told the court that the convict also intimidated and abandoned his other 12-year-old son.
The prosecutor said that the convict was apprehended by some human rights activists who brought him to Sango-Ota Police Station. According to him, the offenses contravene Sections 4(1) and 20(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Laws of Ogun, 2017.
