Ekiti Council Worker Gets Life Imprisonment For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl

John Abiodun, Ado Ekiti

For abducting and raping a 15–year-old girl in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State, an Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced a local government worker, Ojo Ayodele, to life imprisonment.

Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde in her judgment found Ayodele guilty as charged and sentenced him to life jail for raping the underaged girl.

The judge also jailed Ayodele after being found guilty of abduction. The terms are to run concurrently

Ayodele had after abducting the girl, took her to a secret location where he subjected her to continuous sexual assault for 21 days.

Ayodele was first arraigned on 2nd February, 2016 on a two-count charge of rape and abduction.

Exhibits which included statements of the victim and the convict, medical report which established the rape, among others were tendered during the trial.

A good Samaritan who saw blood stains on the girl’s cloth took the girl to Ijero Local Government Immigration Office to report the case.

But Ayodele was caught at the council secretariat as the girl identified him there as her abductor who subjected her to serial rape.

The Immigration officers promptly took the convict to Ijero Police Station where the case was reported.

The girl was living with her stepmother after her father and mother divorced with the latter relocating to Port Harcourt.

The alleged maltreatment of the girl by her stepmother forced her out of the house where she was said to have met the convict who promised to take care of her.