Weekend MagazineEntertainment Sexual abuse: R Kelly bags additional 20 years jail term

Former American recording artiste Robert Sylvester Kelly, professionally known as R. Kelly, has been sentenced to an additional 20 years imprisonment.

The United State District Judge Harry D. Leinenweber sentenced the 56-year-old to 20 years in jail on Thursday after he was found guilty by a jury of child pornography and enticement of a minor.

Kelly, who is already serving a federal 30-year jail term after three counts of production of child pornography and three counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity in a federal trial in 2022, was found guilty of sexual molestation of a minor.

In the latest guilty verdict, the prosecutions produced concrete video evidence showing the singer sexually abusing his 14-year-old goddaughter.

The U.S. District Judge, handing out the judgement on Thursday, sentenced R. Kelly to 20 years imprisonment, in which 19 of those 20 years would be served concurrently with his earlier sentence instead of the 25 years sentence the prosecutors had demanded. While the remaining year would be served consecutively or after that sentence is completed.

According to the prosecutors, ”Robert Kelly is a serial sexual predator who, over the years, targeted young girls and went to great lengths to conceal his abuse of Jane and other minor victims. Following the jury verdict against him, to this day, Kelly refuses to accept responsibility for his crimes.”

The singer, however, remained silent for almost the entirety of the sentencing hearing and also refused to speak on his behalf.

2023: I Go Dye Task Buhari on credible, free and fair elections

Ace Nigerian comedian Francis Agoda, popularly known as I Go Dye, has written a letter to Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari urging him to write his name in the sands of life by conducting a free, fair and credible election.

The humour merchant pleaded with Buhari to do one last honourable thing he would be remembered for in future generations.

I Go Dye counselled Buhari not to allow anyone to mislead him to rig or truncate the upcoming elections. Also, he counselled President Buhari to achieve free and fair elections while leaving a positive legacy.

He further reminded the president that, presumably, the public had chosen to shoulder the cost of the cash shortage to secure a free and fair election. PAY ATTENTION: Share your outstanding story with our editors! Please reach us through info@corp.legit.ng! The letter read in part: “Your excellency, Firstly, as a citizen of this great country and Goodwill Ambassador for

Fight Against Corruption, I write you as we walk towards the polls. I feel the pains like majority of Nigerians who are expecting a better Nation at this trying times , nature has bestowed you a great opportunity to conduct this general elections that will determine the fate of Nigerians, once again.

“I want to remind you that you were voted in 2015 as a man of repute by majority of Nigerians and you owe us a deep sense of responsibility in these regards. As it stands today you are the only General left in our democratic system who was part and active at the civil war, so nature has giving you the opportunity to unite this Nation and lead a new path into greatness by establishing the fact that voters are not induced or being intimidated, your legacy in this direction will write your name in the hearts of men, whereby generations unborn will live to honour your offsprings as Noble descendents of a great man so don’t let anyone lure you to truncate the election this is one of the greatest gift you can pass to this generation.”