An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced two men to 15 years’ imprisonment each over the death of a 12-year-old housemaid.
The convicts, Edidiong Edem, a 22-yera-old painter, and Alex Effiong-Etim, a 21-year-old mechanic, were handed the jail terms by Justice Abiola Soladoye after entering a plea bargain on an amended charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Delivering judgment on Thursday, March 12, 2026, the court found the duo guilty and imposed a 15-year custodial sentence on each of them.
Justice Soladoye ruled that the punishment would take effect from the date the convicts were first remanded in a correctional facility.
The court heard that the men flogged the victim with a broom, an assault that ultimately resulted in her death.
Edem and Effiong-Etim were initially arraigned before the court on February 25, 2022, where they pleaded not guilty to the charge.
However, they later opted for a plea bargain agreement dated February 25, which led to the amended charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Earlier during proceedings, the prosecution, led by state counsel Oluwaseun Adewoye, told the court that the offence occurred in January 2022 at Military Estate in the Eleko area of Lagos State.
According to the prosecution, the convicts recklessly flogged the young girl on her legs with a broom, inflicting injuries that later became infected with tetanus and eventually led to her death.
The prosecution further stated that the offence contravened Section 224 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
