Rape: Cultist Bags 50 Years Jail Term
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court, Lagos State, today sentenced a cultist, Tayo Bakare, to 50 years imprisonment for rape.
Justice Abiola Soladoye who presided over the court, sentence the 24 years old convict, Bakare, on four out of the eight count charge brought against him by Lagos State.
The convict will however serve 20 years in the custody of Kirikiri Correctional Centre as the sentences will run concurrently.
Bakare was arraigned on an eight counts charge bordering on conspiracy to commit robbery, robbery, deprivation of liberty and rape before the court.
The prosecution said the offences contravened sections 260(1) (2), 272, 297(1) and 299 of the Administration of Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.
Delivering the judgment in the matter, Justice Soladoye discharged and acquitted the convict on four out of the eight counts against him and found him guilty on the others.
In her pronouncement, the judge convicted and sentenced the convict to ten years each in respect of counts two, four and six and 20 years in respect of count eight.
Justice Soladoye stated that the sentences are to run concurrently.
She said the prison term should be served with hard labour in order for it to serve as deterrence to others.
During trial, the 19-year-old victim and an undergraduate of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (names with held) had narrated to the court her ordeal in the hands of the convict.
She said the incident happened on August 27, 2017 in Ikotun, Lagos.
She told the court that Bakare under the pretence of being a family friend, lured her and her friend to an hotel in the area, where he raped them.
She said Bakare ordered her to remove her clothes, took her nude pictures with her phone and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.
She further told the court that the convict also threatened to kill her.
In his defence, Bakare denied raping the two friends but admitted to having sexual intercourse with them.
