By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT—For defiling his 10 years old daughter, a 58-year-old man will spend the next two years behind bars as he was yesterday convicted by Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt.

The suspect, Mr. John Ufoegbu, was convicted of incest for sexually abusing his biological daughter, Miss Ebubechukwu Ufoegbu.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Adolphus Enebeli described the act as a pathetic case of sexual act between father and daughter, stressing that it was not just only a case of sexual harassment.

Describing the act as disgraceful, Enebeli said that the society needs to protect children’s vulnerability to sexual molestation.

The judge, who described evidences from the girl as disturbing, added that the victim was defiled by virtue of father-child relationship.

He regretted that the convict used his position as a father to violate natural law by luring his own little daughter to bed, stressing that the act has exposed the victim to a long term psychological trauma.

Meanwhile, just before the verdict, the convict said: “The girl in question is my daughter. I have never had any sexual experience with her even if I have problem with her mother.

“God is my witness and the greatest judge.”