Man sentenced to 14 years for raping minor

The State High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Mutiu Ajibola, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl. The court convicted Ajibola on a one-count charge of having sexual intercourse with a minor. The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, held that the pieces of […]

The State High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Wednesday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Mutiu Ajibola, to 14 years imprisonment for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

The court convicted Ajibola on a one-count charge of having sexual intercourse with a minor.

The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, held that the pieces of evidence tendered before her overwhelmingly proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty of the offence.

Justice Dipeolu consequently sentenced the defendant to 14 years imprisonment with hard labour.

Earlier, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. A. A. Adewale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on December 11, 2018, at about 04:00pm at Ofada Road in Somoke village by having unlawful carnal knowledge of his 11-year-old victim.

He explained that the defendant under pretext of buying fufu, called his victim who was hawking the item and “asked her to come inside the room, but she replied that her mother had instructed her not to enter into anybody’s room while she was hawking.

“The convict pushed her inside his room, carried her into his bed and forcefully had sexual intercourse.

“Ajibola asked her to go home and threatened her not to tell anyone what transpired between them, else she would die.

“But when she got home, her mother got to know when she noticed stains of blood on her daughter’s clothes.

“She, thereafter, reported the convict to members of the community vigilante who went and arrested him and handed him over to the police.”

Adewale said the offence contravened Section 32 of the Child Rights Laws of Ogun 2006. (NAN)