A PDP chieftain in Osun State, Obafemi Kolawale,
has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a
pregnant woman.
A court in Ilesa, Osun State, has convicted and
sentenced to life in prison, a powerful politician in
the state, Obafemi Kolawole, for raping » a
pregnant woman. To go with the prison term,
Kolawale is to recieve several lashes of the whip
as a lesson.
According to PM News, the said Obafemi, a
staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in the state, was alleged to have, on the
15th of September, 2007, raped an Action
Congress of Nigeria, (now All Progressives
Congress), member, Tosin Ajakaye, who was
pregnant as at the time of the incident, after the
2007 gubernatorial election in Osun State.
The newspaper reports that Kolawole was charged
before the State High Court sitting at Ilesa, on a
two-count charge of rape and indecent assault
contrary to Sections 358&360 of the Criminal
Code cap 34, Vol II, Laws of Osun respectively in
the case of The State Vs Obafemi Kolawole HIL\2c
\2009.
At the trial, the victim narrated ordeal that on 15th
September, 2007, the convict and his cohorts,
came to arrest her at her house at about 7:30
p.m. and took her away for an unknown offence.
On sighting them and knowing their antecedent in
the vicinity, she took to her heels but the convict
was said to have pursued, caught up with her and
beat her up. Having overpowered her, he stripped
her naked and raped her » .
When my cry for help became unbearable, he
covered her mouth. Unfortunately, those living in
the same compound with me had gone to the
Mosque because it was the period of the Muslim
fast.
Thereafter he bundled me into a waiting jeep to
join two other men whom I found in the same
predicament as mine.
She later explained that they were driven to the
home of a PDP chieftain, and tied to a tree where
the trios were mercilessly flogged. She said
Kolawole later untied her and plucked out her
pubic hair, put it in her mouth to swallow with dry
gin, and thereafter went ahead to insert a tin
opener into her vagina and as well poured dry gin
all over her body. There he raped her again.
One of the victims of the brutal act, Lawal Sikiru,
who testified as prosecutor witness 2,
corroborated Tosin Ajakaye's story. He said he
was one of the two naked men in the waiting jeep;
the other was one Gbadamosi Lasun.
He stated further that he had earlier on received
his own share of beating, and bundled naked into
a jeep belonging to the PDP chietftain when
Ajakaye was brought in naked. He confirmed that
the trio were driven to the house and tied to a
tree where they were mercilessly beaten and the
content of dry gin was poured all over their body.
According to him, Ajakaye was untied by the
accused who plucked out her pubic hair, inserted
a tin opener into her vagina, and as well went
ahead to pour dry gin in her (vagina) and then
sought the consent of the Chief to have sexual
intercourse with her.
The chief consented and she was taken to the
boot of the jeep from where they heard her
shouting for help.
The Medical examination conducted on Ajakaye
three days after the incident at LAUTECH by Dr.
Isawumi revealed that there was penetration and
that the swap taken from her was full of alcohol. It
was also discovered medically, that as at the time
of the incident the prosecution was pregnant.
Delivering his judgement, the presiding Judge,
Honourable Justice A. B. Abdulkareem, found the
accused guilty as charged, and sentenced him to
life imprisonment.
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