An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Farotimi Samuel, 27, to life imprisonment for conspiracy and rape.
Justice Adekunle Adeleye, while delivering his judgment, said: “I hold that the prosecution has established the ingredients of the offence of rape against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.
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“He is found guilty as charged and is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”
According to the charge sheet, the act was committed on or about January 29, 2018, at Oke-Ureje, Federal Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti, when the accused conspired with others at large to rape a 14-year-old girl.
In her testimony before the court, the victim said: “she went to buy garri and sugar, on her way home, she was stopped by three men, they covered her mouth and later took her to an uncompleted building where they all had sex with her”, adding that she could recognise the accused persons.
