Ekiti LG Worker Gets Life Jail for Raping Underaged Girl

A Local Government worker, in Ekiti State, Ojo Ayodele, was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High Court sentenced for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl (name withheld) .

The convict was said to have abducted the minor in Ijero-Ekiti and took her to a secret location in the town where he subjected her to continuous sexual assault for 21 days.

A good Samaritan who saw blood stains on the victim’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 victim identified him there as her abductor who subjected her to serial rape.

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

The victim was living with her stepmother after her father and mother divorced with the latter relocating to Port Harcourt, but prosecution called seven witnesses during the trial and tendered exhibits which include statements of the victim and the convict, medical report which established the rape, among others.

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

Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde in her judgment found Ayodele guilty as charged and sentenced the accused 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.

The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Gbemiga Adaramola, prosecuted the case on behalf of the State while the convict was represented by his counsel, Tosin Osundahunsi.

The alleged maltreatment of the victim by her step mother forced her out of the house and she was said to have met the convict who promised to take care of her.