Two teachers bag 44 years jail term for rape in Ekiti

An Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday, sentenced two teachers to 44 years’ imprisonment for offence of rape without an option of fine.

The Prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemi told the court that the defendants, Gbenga Ajibola (43) and Olaofe Ayodele (52) were arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on March 2, 2022, on three counts bordering on rape and abuse of office.

He said that the defendants sometimes in November 2019 in Ado-Ekiti raped two female students of 17 and 15 years respectively.

According to him, the offence contravened Section 31(2) of the Child’s Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

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In her testimony before the Court, one of the victims said that one of the convicts, Ajibola was her Computer teacher, and  always disturbing her while in class.

“On this fateful day, he told me to be in mufti and gave me N200 to go and wait for him in front of a filling station along Bank Road.

“He later came there alongside Mr Olaofe, but before they came, one of my classmates also met me there, he told me that Mr Olaofe asked her to wait here for him.

“When they came, we all left for a hotel, around Oke-Ila area of Ado Ekiti. On getting there, we were taken to different rooms where Mr Ajibola had sexual intercourse with me.

“After that day, he continued to disturb me, when I could no more bear it, I narrated what happened to my mother who later took the matter up,” she narrated.

To prove his case, the prosecutor called four witnesses and tendered statements of the victims and defendants, medical reports, as well as report of the panel of enquiry among others as exhibits.

Also, counsel for the defendants,  Lawrence Fasanmi called six witnesses to prove his case.

In his judgement, Justice Familoni said the defendants shared their minds and mulled the voice of conscience as they took advantage of the victims with reckless abandonment.

“They deserve severe panel sanction for their misdeeds to serve as a warning and deterrent to others who may want to follow their footsteps.”

Justice Familoni thereby sentenced the defendants, Ajibola Gbenga and  Olaofe Ayodele to 20 years imprisonment each without an option of fine on count one and two years  each on count two without option of fine, making 44 years imprisonment, saying that it should run concurrently.