14 Years in Cyprus Jail For Nigerian Student, Obasi Chimezirm Princewill Who Sexually Assaulted and Secretly Filmed Victim

14 Years in Cyprus Jail For Nigerian Student, Obasi Chimezirm Princewill Who Sexually Assaulted and Secretly Filmed Victim

This is one of those stories that makes you shake your head and wonder what goes through some people's minds. A Nigerian student, Obasi Chimezirm Princewill studying in Cyprus has been handed a 14-year prison sentence for two serious crimes, sexually assaulting someone and secretly recording the whole thing without their knowledge. That's not just a momentary lapse in judgment, that's a calculated violation on multiple levels, and the court in Cyprus rightly threw the book at him.

Fourteen years is a long time, make no mistake. That's over a decade of his life gone, wasted, flushed down the toilet because of choices he made. He'll miss his youth, miss family events, miss opportunities that will never come back, and honestly, No sympathy here.

The victim is someone who probably trusted him, maybe a fellow student or a friend, someone who never imagined they'd end up being violated and recorded by a person they knew. Now she has to live with that trauma while he sits in a cell and thinks about what he did.

The Nigerian community in Cyprus is reportedly embarrassed by this whole thing because one bad apple really does spoil the bunch. When a Nigerian commits a serious crime abroad, it affects the reputation of every other Nigerian there, fair or not.

This judgment should serve as a warning to others, not just in Cyprus but everywhere. You cannot touch someone without their consent, you cannot record people in secret, and if you do, the law will catch up with you eventually and now, Fourteen years is proof of that.