A 39-year-old man, Olukayode Dayo has been sentenced to life jail time period by an Ekiti State Excessive Court docket sitting in Ado Ekit for rape.
The convict who a former operative of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was arraigned earlier than the courtroom presided over by Justice Lekan Olatawura on thirteenth Could, 2022 on one rely cost bordering on rape.
The cost mentioned Olukayode Dayo on twenty fifth of December, 2021 at Ado Ekiti throughout the jurisdiction of the Honourable Court docket did rape a 13 years previous woman.
The offence, in response to the cost, is opposite to Part 31(2) of the Little one’s Rights Legislation, Cap. C7, Legal guidelines of Ekiti State, 2012.
The sufferer in her assertion to the police mentioned, “I used to be dwelling with my grandmother, who despatched me residence to go and convey banana and kolanut. On my manner residence, one man known as Olukay (the defendant) crossed me together with his bike, dropped the banana and kolanut on my head and carried me to a fenced uncompleted constructing,
“I used to be shouting however he didn’t hearken to me, he eliminated my pant and began having intercourse with me. A passerby who heard my voice entered the compound and he took to his heels on sighting the person. The person chased him however he was unable to catch him. The person got here again and took me to my grandmother and defined what occurred to her”, she concluded.
The prosecutor, Julius Ajibare known as six witnesses and tendered the defendant’s assertion, pictures of the sufferer and medical report as displays to proof his case.
The defendant who spoke in his personal defence via his counsel, Oluwaseun Oyebanji, known as no witness.
He, nevertheless, denied committing the offence however pleaded to the courtroom to mood justice with mercy.
Delivering his judgment, Justice Olatawura mentioned, “On this occasion, the sufferer persistently, unequivocally and unshakingly said that the defendant who was well-known to her was the one who raped her.
“In all, I discover proof past affordable doubt that the defendant raped the 13-year-old woman on twenty fifth December, 2021 and consequent thereupon, I discover him responsible as charged. Consequent upon the foregoing, the defendant is sentenced to life imprisonment”, the decide dominated.
