An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, sentenced one
Afeez Ogunbowale,a student of Lagos State University, LASU, to 21 years’
imprisonment for raping two fellow students.
The prosecution counsel, Mrs. O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, told the
court that the defendant committed the offences alongside other culprits who
are at large, on April 18, 2018, at the Okokomaiko area of Lagos.
“The defendant and his accomplices, while armed with
dangerous weapons robbed the two students at their off campus home.
“The suspects also had forceful sexual intercourse with the
complainants who also lost their Virginities as a result,” she said.
She also revealed that the offenses contravene Sections
260(1) and 297(2)(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Delivering Judgement, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo sentenced
Ogunbowale to 21 years in prison, NAN reports.
“The defendant is hereby sentenced to five years’
imprisonment for conspiracy, 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of armed
robbery and rape.
“The sentences are to run concurrently,” she said.
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