Two teachers in Ekiti State have been sentenced to 44 years imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti High Court for raping two teenagers in the state.
The defendants, Ajibola Gbenga (43) and Olaofe Ayodele (52), were arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Familoni in March 2022 on a three-count charge bordering on rape and abuse of office.
The charge reads that, “the defendants, sometime in November 2019 at Ado Ekiti within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did rape a 17-year-old girl. Also, the 2nd defendant, sometime in November 2019, did rape a 15-year-old girl, contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
The charge further reads, “the defendants, sometime in November 2019 at Ado Ekiti, did abuse their offices as Public Servants, contrary to Section 104 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012.”
In her testimony before the court, one of the victims said, “Mr Ajibola was my Computer teacher, he always disturbed me while in class. On this fateful day, he told me to be in mufti, he 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. Before they came, one of my classmates also met me there; he told me 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 longer bear it, I narrated what happened to my mother, who later took the matter up.
Source: Tribune
