Justice Josephine Oyefeso of a Lagos High Court sitting in
Ikeja , has sentenced a former part-time
lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Mr. Afeez Baruwa to 21 years
imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old girl who was seeking admission into the
University.
Baruwa was convicted on one count charge of rape charged
against him by the State Government.
The convict allegedly raped the victim inside a study room,
when she was seeking admission into the University.
While delivering judgement, Justice Oyefeso held that the
prosecution has proven his case beyond a reasonable doubt and therefore found
the defendant guilty of the charge.
The judge held that the defense counsel in his allocutus
also said that rape is an offence of life imprisonment if found guilty. He thereafter
pray to court to temper justice with mercy.
Stating that the convict is a married man with four kids age
12, 10, 4 and 2 years old children.
The convict has his aged parents to cater for. He is a first
time offender. The judge said, she cannot begin to imagine the emotional trauma
of the girl, the convict offended his family, the victim, the society and God.
“Baruwa I hereby
sentenced you to 21 years imprisonment. This is my judgment.”
The prosecution alleged that the former lecturer raped the
teenager at 9.25a.m. on July 23, 2015, in Room 8, the Faculty of Business
Administration Annex building, UNILAG.
