Rapist Gets Life Jail In Ekiti
An Akure High Court has sentenced one Kolawole Apoti to life imprisonment for having sex with his teenage niece and three other girls.
The convict was said to have been having sex with niece for a long time before she started luring other victims to him. All the victims are students of St Michael Catholic High School, Akure. Trouble started when the girls fought over the money he gave to one of them and the matter was reported to the school principal. One of the victims in a statement written during the trail said ” The man struggled with me to remove my pant. He slept on me and penetrated into my private part.
“Something like water came out which he used red cloth to clean up.
“Thereafter, the man gave me N100 and warned me not to tell my parent otherwise I would die. I forgot a pair of my stock in his room. when I went back for it, he slept with me again.”
Four witnesses including Vice-Principal, Administration of St. Michael Catholic High School, Mrs. Ayibiowu Caroline Oluwatomisin were called by the prosecution led by Bunmi Koyenikan
The girls said they did not tell their parents that they were raped over fear of death threat by the accused person. Kolawole denied the allegation of unlawful sexual intercourse.
According to him the girls consented to the sexual intercourse after which he gave them money.
However, the court held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant raped the girls who are children.
The trial judge, Justice Olutoyin Akeredolu, found him guilty as charged and sentenced Kolawole to life imprisonment.
