aged. What did the appellant want to get out of these under-aged girls? Perhaps the appellant forgot that by nature, children generally are like animals. They follow anyone who offers them food. That was why the appellant, tactfully induced the young girls with ice cream and zobo drinks in order to transfer his hidden criminal intention to reality, damning the consequences. Honestly, for an adult man like the appellant to have carnal knowledge of under aged girls such as appellants victim is very callous and animalistic. It is against God and the State. Such small (under-aged) girls and indeed all females of acts of age need to be protected against callous acts of criminal minded people of the appellants class. I wish the punishment was heavier so as to serve as deterrent. I also lend my voice to this very important pronouncement especially against the backdrop of the rise in rape cases nowadays. Lucky appellant who has not appealed against the sentence! Had the trial judge and indeed the Court below, by chance sentenced the accused/appellant to death or life imprisonment I would have kept mum. My Lords, with that notable pronouncement, I now draw the curtain on this appeal. HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, J.C.A.: I have read the judgment just delivered by my learned brother TOM SHAIBU YAKUBU JCA, this is indeed a pathetic case in which a thirteen year old was abducted and raped. The kite of lack of fair hearing because his counsel failed to fully participate at the trial cannot fly in the circumstance of this case. It is only in cases of where sanction is death penalty