Nigeria former U17 player recieves one year imprisonment in Denmark for sexual assault

Nigeria’s former youth winger at the 2019 U-17 World Cup in Brazil, Akinkunmi Amoo, has been given a one-year jail sentence by his Danish club F.C. Copenhagen for sexual assault, Soccernet.ng reports

The 21-year-old was given the verdict on Friday following the charge brought against him for sexually assaulting two women in Denmark and he vows to challenge the judgment delivered by the Danish court as reported by a Nigerian Journalist, Osasu Obayiuwana.

Amoo was charged with the violation of women’s rights by attempting to make a forceful sexual activity.

In a statement Osasu wrote on his Twitter page, he revealed, “Convicted.

“This is the outcome of the trial, which has been going on for most of June, where a top player in Danish football has been charged with rape in a sexual relationship other than intercourse, as well as attempted rape and violations of two more women.

“It happens after he was found guilty of all three charges in the Copenhagen District Court by a dissenting magistrate on Friday afternoon, and it was a shaken man who received his sentence as he stood there in the middle of the room and listened to the outcome.

“An unconditional prison sentence for one year.

“In the same case, the name ban in the case was extended because the defense and the convicted appealed the verdict on the spot. Ekstra Bladet protested against the continued name ban, but the court did not accept it.

“It is not known when the appeal will go to court.”

He was called up to the Super Eagles squad for the 2021 African Cup of Nations by the former coach Augustine Eguavoen to replace Odion Ighalo who was injured at the time, but his call-up was not granted by the Confederation of African Football.