One count charge of rape was leveled against the convict before Justice Adeniyi Familoni.
The charge reads, “That you, Owajulu Tobi, on 12th of June, 2021, at Ibeji-Eluja in Emure Ekiti, in the Ado Ekiti Judicial Division, did rape a 17-year-old girl, contrary to Section 31 of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. R7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.” In her testimony before the court, the victim said, ‘’ I am an apprentice as a hairdresser. On that day, I went to my grandmother’s farm to harvest pepper. In the farm, the convict came to me and demanded water and palm fruits.
To prove his case, the prosecutor, Taiwo Ajibulu called five witnesses, he also tendered statements of the defendant, medical report, pants, tight and shirts as exhibits.Conclusively, Justice Adeniyi Familoni, in his judgment said, “I hold that the totality of evidence adduced by the prosecution, it has proven the rape of the prosecutrix beyond reasonable doubt. The defendant deserves the legal consequence of his misdeed.
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