- The duo were convicted and sentenced by Justice Adeniyi Familoni of the Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday.
In Ekiti State, two teachers, Gbenga Ajibola and Olaofe Ayodele, have been sentenced to 44 years imprisonment over offence of rape.
The duo were convicted and sentenced by Justice Adeniyi Familoni of the Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday.
The convicts were arraigned for raping two female students aged 17 and 15 years names withheld in November 2019 in Ado-Ekiti.
The were arraigned before Justice Familola on March 2, 2022 on a three-count charge bordering on rape and abuse of office.
The Prosecution, Mr Kunle-Shina Adeyemi, told the court on Tuesday that the offence contravened Section 31(2) of the Childs Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
In her testimony before the court, one of the victims said one of the convicts, Ajibola was her Computer teacher, and always disturbed her while in class.
“On this fateful day, he told me to be in mufti and gave me N200 to go and wait for him in front of a filling station along Bank Road.
“He later came there alongside Mr Olaofe, but before they came, one of my classmates also met me there, he told me that Mr Olaofe asked her to wait here for him.
“When they came, we all left for a hotel, around Oke-Ila area of Ado Ekiti. On getting there, we were taken to different rooms where Mr Ajibola had sexual intercourse with me.
“After that day, he continued to disturb me, when I could no more bear it, I narrated what happened to my mother who later took the matter up,” she narrated.
To prove his case, the prosecutor called four witnesses and tendered statements of the victims and defendants, medical reports, as well as report of the Panel of enquiry among others as exhibits.
Also, Counsel to the defendants, Mr Lawrence Fasanmi called six witnesses to prove his case.
In his judgement, Justice Familoni said, the defendants shared their minds and mulled the voice of conscience as they took advantage of the victims with reckless abandonment.
“They deserved severe panel sanction for their misdeeds to serve as a warning and deterrent to others who may want to follow their footsteps,”.
Justice Familoni therefore sentenced the defendants, Ajibola Gbenga and Olaofe Ayodele to 20 years imprisonment each without an option of fine on count one and two years each on count two without option of fine, making 44 years imprisonment.
Discussion about this post