Ekiti Driver Rapes Teenage Passenger, Bags Life Imprisonment

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 42-year-old Ilesanmi Adewale to life imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in Isan Ekiti, Oye Local Government area of Ekiti State. According to the charge, the defendant on February 13, 2021 raped a 16-year-old girl, contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012 and was arraigned on December 16, 2021. In her statement to the Police, the victim said, “My father sent me to Iludun Ekiti from Isan Ekiti to bring…

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