Court jails tailor 12 years for raping woman in niqab (purdah)

Ajayi said the jail term would commenced from January 29, 2023, when the convict was arraigned in court.
The defence counsel, Mr. O. Ekundayo, during his plea, said the convict had spend 19 months and nine days at the custody of Agodi prison.

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Ekundayo said the convict had conducted himself in a manner most reasonably expected of him and has learnt his lesson.

He said the convict had endured the pains and agony at the prison facility as a lesson to him.
He said that the convict was not a fugitive before and during the time spent at Agodi prison in the circumstances of this case.

“The defendant is at the mercy of the court, based on the fact before my noble Lord, I prayed the court to exercise the judicial dexterity and clemency on the convict, “ Ekundayo said.

Earlier, the prosecution led by Mrs. K. Oloso-Olayiwola, Deputy Director, Public Prosecution, said the convict, a resident of Abayomi area, Iwo Road, Ibadan, was charged with rape.

Oloso-Olayiwola said the convict raped the victim, 29, a petty trader and a divorcee about 10p.m., while she was on her way home.

The prosecutor said the victim had approached the convict to show her the nearest mosque where she could pass the night.

She said it was while the convict wanted to show her the nearest mosque that the convict gripped her neck and flung her to the ground beside the road and raped her.

Oloso-Olayiwola said the offence was contrary to Section 357 and punishable under Section 358 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State 2000.