Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday sentenced two men, Anu Olaniyi and Abidemi Alibaloye, to life imprisonment for gang-r3ping a 13-year-old girl.
The convicts, who committed the offences on December 28, 2020, were
arraigned in court on the charges of conspiracy and gang r3pe.
During the hearing, the victim told the court how one of the convicts
lured her to his friend's place where they r3ped her.
“I was sent on an errand on 28th December 2020 when one of the convicts
intercepted me and purposely directed me to his friend’s place where they both
forcibly had carnal knowledge of me one after the other,” she said.
“I was able to recognise both convicts and they were later arrested and
charged to court.”
The
Director of Public Prosecution, Julius Ajibare, said that the offences
committed were “contrary to Section 421 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State,
2021 and Section 2(2)(c) of the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition)
(First Amendment) Law, 2020"
Ajibare called four witnesses and tendered seven exhibits in support of
his case.
But the defendants, who spoke through their counsel, Oluwafemi Alonge,
gave evidence in their defence and called no witnesses.
In the judgement, Justice Adekunle Adeleye held that “the prosecution
proved the offence of gangr3pe and conspiracy against the defendants beyond
reasonable doubt”.
The judge consequently convicted the defendants and sentenced each of
them to life imprisonment for gang r3pe and two years imprisonment for
conspiracy.
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