An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a student of Lagos State University , Afeez Ogunbowale, to 21 years imprisonment for involvement in armed robbery and rape of two fellow students.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the judge, sentenced Mr Ogunbowale after finding him guilty of five counts bordering on conspiracy, rape, and armed robbery.She held that the testimonies of the victims were compelling, adding that they were able to positively identify Mr Ogunbowale as one of the culprits.
“The defendant is hereby sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy, 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of armed robbery and 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of rape.On hearing the sentence, Mr Ogunbowale, who has been suspended by LASU over the case, wept profusely in the dock. NAN reports that the prosecution team led by O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, had said the defendant committed the offences alongside others who are at large, on April 18, 2018, at the Okokomaiko area of Lagos.
“The defendant and his accomplices, while armed with a gun, knife, machete, and bottle, robbed the two students in their off-campus accommodation.
God bless this judge.
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