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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Ajibola Odebo to ten years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl in Ado Ekiti.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old Ajibola Odebo was arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on one count charge bordering on rape on 22\/11\/2021.<\/p>\n

The charge reads that the convict on 31st January 2021 in Ado Ekiti did rape a 12 years old minor.<\/p>\n

The offence runs contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child\u2019s Right Law, Cap.C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.<\/p>\n

In her statement to the police, the victim said, I went to check my friend at Ojumose area of Ado Ekiti, when it was dark, I was trekking back home, I saw a man who asked me why I was roaming about, I explained what happened to him, he stopped the defendant (an okada man) and paid him a sum of N200 to take me to our house at Housing Estate but instead, he diverted to an unknown route, I later found myself in a room, at an unknown place where I later got to know to be Okutagbokutalori, he did not sleep with me on that day, when he came on the second day, his neighbours asked him who I am, he lied to them, when they left, he came back and forcefully had sexual intercourse with me, she concluded.<\/p>\n

To prove his case, the prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo called five witnesses and tendered the defendants\u2019 statements and medical reports as exhibits.<\/p>\n

The convict spoke in his own defence through his counsel, E.K. Adetifa, he said, I was paid to take the victim to her house at Housing Estate but she begged me not to take her home, that was the reason I took her to my brother\u2019s house when I tried to have sex with her on the second day, I discovered she was still a virgin as I could not penetrate her and left her to go. However, he called two witnesses.<\/p>\n

In his judgement, Justice Bamidele Omotoso said, the offence of rape is rampant in our society, and giving the convict an option of a fine would defeat and frustrate the efforts of well-meaning people and stakeholders to curtail this menace in our society.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the court would temper justice with mercy since the convict is a first offender and breadwinner of his family as pleaded by his lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018I hereby sentenced the convict Ajibola Odebo to a term of imprisonment of ten (10) years without an option of fine\u2019\u2019.The term of imprisonment shall begin to run from 26th February 2021, he ruled.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Ajibola Odebo to ten years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl in Ado Ekiti. The 40-year-old Ajibola Odebo was arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on one count charge bordering on rape on 22\/11\/2021. 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