A magistrate court sitting in Akure ,Ondo  State has sentenced a woman ,Opeyemi Omoyemi to three and half years imprisonment for brutalising a twelve year old boy ,Joel Sunday,who is her house help .

Omoyemi, a widow was also jailed for one year for being found guilty of Violence Against Persons Prohibition.


The jail terms are to run concurrently.
Our Correspondent who monitored the proceeding reports that the convict was arrested by men of the State Police Command after she used blade to inflict deep cuts on the body of the victim at Adebowale area of Akure .

The thirty six year old widow had accused the boy of stealing some pieces of meat from her pot of soup.

The presiding Magistrate ,Mrs olufunmilayo Edwin, said the defendant was guilty of count one ,four and five.
Meanwhile ,counsel to the convict ,Foluso Kayode had said the judgement would be appealed .


Members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists were also in court in solidarity with the twelve year old Joel Sunday.


In the meantime,the chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers,FIDA, in Ondo State ,Mrs Catherine Ogunjebi has descibed the verdict as a good development towards curtailing gender based violence in the state .


Mrs Ogunjebi while reacting to the judgement said children of Mrs opeyemi omoyemi ,the convict were already being taken care of by the ministry of women affairs 


Also speaking ,The chairperson ,Nigeria Association of women Journalists, Ondo state Council ,Mrs Doris Olumoko, was of the view that quick dispensation of justice would serve as deterrent to others who delighted in brutalising children.

Similarly ,the Wife of Ondo state Governor,Mrs Betty  Anyawu-Akeredolu hailedthe Magistrate court for granting justice in the case of the twelve year old Joel Sunday who was brutalised by his guardian.


Reacting to the judgement in Akure, Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu said the verdict would send strong signal to curtail the abuse of children in the state. 


Olufisoye Adenitan.

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