The judge, while delivering judgment, held that the prosecution failed to prove the required ingredients of defilement against the defendant.
However, in her judgment, Justice Soladoye held that the court was unable to determine the age of the alleged survivor and that she was not in court to give evidence. “What is important in this case is the evidence adduced and the evidence of the IPO, as far as this court is concerned, is of no momentum as the victim, who should have been here physically to tell her story and speak up, was not presented before this court.