By our reporter 15.7.2026
A 75-years-old man identified as Promise Chukwumatti will spend 10 years in jail after he was convicted by a Rivers State Family court sitting in Port Harcourt on the allegations of raping an 11-year-old girl.
Chukwumatti was charged with one count of defilement of a minor and presiding judge Justice Rita Oguguo held that the prosecution proved the case against Chukwumatt who confessed to the crime.
The court also ordered that the convict should pay the sum of N1million to the family of the minor as compensation and that his name should be included in the list of rapists in the State.
According to court records Chukwumatt on several occasions had sex with the minor in his apartment after luring her with money.
The court in the judgment on Wednesday agreed with the prosecution counsel from Rivers State Ministry of Justice, Precious Ordu, that the defendant (now convict), Promise Chukwumatti actually committed the crime against the preteen.
Justice Oguguo, said although the convict had pleaded for leniency, the law is straight, saying such offence attracts life imprisonment.
The court while describing the convict as a shame to fatherhood, issued a restraining order against him and his family from going close to the victim’s family.
“This judgment will also make others who have the intention of going into the offence of defilement to stay away from minors,” Justice Oguguo stated.