Crime
Man Gets Life Sentence For R**ping Undergraduate With Voodoo In Ekiti
- …he used a charm to rape the victim, a 200-level student of Economics and Political Education at the College of Education…
A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Thursday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Dayo Asiwaju, to life imprisonment for raping a student with charms.
The defendant was found guilty on two counts bordering on rape and unlawful possession of charms.
Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, in her judgment, said, “The sole issue for determination is resolved in favour of the prosecution. The defendant is accordingly found guilty as charged on both counts. He is sentenced to life imprisonment on count one (rape) and on count two, he is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.”
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According to the charge sheet, Asiwaju committed the offences on March 29, 2019, on Ikoyi Street, Ikere Ekiti, where he used a charm to rape the victim, a 200-level student of Economics and Political Education at the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti.
The prosecutor, Dolapo Oyewole, said, “The offence is contrary to sections 357 and 213 (b) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16 Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
During the trial, the prosecutor called two witnesses, while exhibits tendered included the statement of the defendant, a bed sheet stained with blood, charms, among others; the defendant spoke through his counsel, Chris Omokhafe, and called no witness.
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