Court finds Ekiti Prophet guilty of raping minor, sentences him to life in jail

Ado-Ekiti’s Ekiti High Court has sentenced 47-year-old Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso to life in prison for the rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Akingbaso was first brought before Justice Blessing Ajileye in September 2022 on two charges: compulsion and rape, according to what was understood.
According to Justice Ajileye’s decision, the defendant was found guilty on both counts of rape and coercion, and is so convicted.

This sentence, she said, will be a warning to others in similar situations who have not yet been brought to justice.
Taiwo Ajibulu, the prosecutor, told the court during the hearings that the acts took place at Ado-Ekiti in July 2022. In addition to raping the 13-year-old girl (name withheld), he described how the defendant forced her to have intercourse, seriously harming her physical and mental well-being.

Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012, and Section 4 of the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law, No. 18 of 2019 were both broken, the prosecutor pointed out.

In order to support their case, the prosecution called four witnesses and provided the defendant’s statement as well as the victim’s medical report.

In another story, two teachers were sentenced to 44 years in jail by the Ado Ekiti Division of the Ekiti State High Court in February for offenses involving the sexual assault of juveniles and the abuse of their official positions.

The defendants, Ayodele Olaofe (52), and Gbenga Ajibola (43), were taken to court on March 2, 2022, on three accusations related to rape and abuse of office, according to Naija News.

The first defendant, according to the indictment, raped a 17-year-old girl in Ado Ekiti in November 2019. In addition, Section 31(2) of the Child’s Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012, states that the second defendant violated the law by allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in the same month.

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In addition, the allegations against both defendants in November 2019 in Ado Ekiti alleged that they had abused their positions as public servants in violation of Section 104 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012.

In her court testimony, one of the victims, who named Ajibola as her computer instructor, described how, on the day in question, he gave her N200 to wait for him in front of a gas station on Bank Road in Ado Ekiti and told her to dress leisurely.