Man bags life imprisonment for raping teenager

The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Olajide Fajana, to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl.

The presiding judge, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, sentenced Fajana to life imprisonment on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Justice Ogunmoye said: “The inevitable conclusion in the circumstance is that the guilt of the defendant had been established beyond reasonable doubt, thus necessitating his conviction.

“He is accordingly convicted as charged and hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Adetola Johnson, told the court that the convict was arraigned on a charge of rape.

Johnson said the 25-year-old man committed the offence at Ikere-Ekiti on July 14, 2023.

He said the offence contravened Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C17, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

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The prosecution counsel called three witnesses and tendered statements as exhibits to prove his case, while the convict did not call any witness.

In her testimony before the court, the victim said the convict had hypnotised her and asked her to follow him home.

She said: “He thereafter ordered me to pull off my clothes, and I did so.

“He gave me an egg to rub all over my body and broke it inside a bucket where he kept black with a red thread.

“He ordered me to lie down on the bed and then had sexual intercourse with me, saying I should go home and bring the sum of N16,000 to complete the sacrifice.

“But on getting home, I became conscious and told my mother about the incident.

“He had earlier warned me not to tell anyone about him otherwise I would die but I told my mother.”

The Star