The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo Anietie Bassey convicted a 36-year-old commercial motorbike driver guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.
Etim, a local of Ikot Itie Udung in the Nsit Atai Local Government Area, was charged with repeatedly defiling a girl as she was riding along in his motorbike to a distant church.
Justice Gabriel Ette's decision included a 20-year prison term for the rapist.
The judge, Ette, announced his choice. You will serve 20 years in jail, the court pronounced. You have been determined to be a rapist.