A
local government worker who reportedly abducted and r*ped a 15-year-old
girl, was on Wednesday, sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court
sitting in Ado-Ekiti.
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An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced a local government
worker, Ojo Ayodele, to life imprisonment for abducting and raping a
15-year-old girl.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Ayodele abducted the
minor in Ijero-Ekiti and took her to a secret location in the town where
he subjected her to continuous sexual assault for 21 days.
Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, in her judgment, found Mr. Ayodele guilty as charged and sentenced the accused to life jail.
The judge, who also found Mr. Ayodele guilty of abduction, sentenced him to seven years for the offence.
The jail terms are, however, to run concurrently.
The Director of Public Prosecution, Gbemiga Adaramola, said that
Mr. Ayodele was first arraigned on February 2, 2016 on a two-count
charge of rape and abduction.
The prosecution called seven witnesses during trial and tendered
exhibits which included statements of the victim and that of the convict
and a medical report that established the rape.
The convict did not call any witness in the course of the trial
although his counsel, Tosin Osundahunsi, was in court during sentencing.
The prosecution had told the court that a concerned resident who
saw blood stains on the victim’s clothes took her to Ijero Local
Government Immigration Office to report the case.
Mr. Ayodele was later caught at the council secretariat after the
victim identified him as the abductor who subjected her to serial
raping.
The immigration officers promptly arrested the convict and took him to Ijero Police Station where the case was reported.
NAN reports that prior to the incident, the victim was living with
her stepmother after her father and mother divorced, with the latter
relocating to Port Harcourt.
She was said to have met the convict who promised to take care of her after she ran away from home.
-NAN
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