Man sentenced to life for raping minor

The Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Adebamigbe Samuel alias Oosa (37) to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old teenager. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye who handed down the sentence said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Justice Ogunmoye said, “The defendant willingly had sexual intercourse with the victim. The prosecution had, therefore, proven […]

The Ekiti State High Court has sentenced one Adebamigbe Samuel alias Oosa (37) to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old teenager.

Justice Lekan Ogunmoye who handed down the sentence said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

Justice Ogunmoye said, “The defendant willingly had sexual intercourse with the victim. The prosecution had, therefore, proven its case beyond reasonable doubt with the implication that the sole issue for determination is resolved in favour of the prosecution.

“The defendant is hereby convicted as charged. He is sentenced to life imprisonment.”

Earlier, the prosecutor, Barr Kunleshina Adeyemo, called five witnesses and tendered a statement of the victim, her birth certificate, medical report, among others, as exhibits.

The prosecutor told the court that on November 3, 2020, at Ado-Ekiti, the accused raped a 13-year-ol girl.

The prosecutor said, according to the victim’s statement to the police, she was sent by her mother to deliver bread to the defendant on request and that when she got there he told her that he wanted to buy pepper soup around Ajilosun area.

“Unknown to her, it was a hotel, he asked her to sit in a room till when the pepper soup would be ready. When he came back, he locked the door and had sexual intercourse with her twice. She said was shouting but there was nobody to rescue her, and the defendant later gave her N1,500 and warned her not to tell anybody.”