A 47-year-old Ogun teacher who raped a 7-year-old girl is sentenced to life imprisonment

Following his conviction for the rape of a seven-year-old girl in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, 47-year-old secondary school teacher Ojo Ezekiel Olugbenga was sentenced to life in prison by an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta.

Ojo Ezekiel was originally charged on July 1, 2022, and was found guilty on a single count of rape, which is against Ogun State’s 2017 Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, section 3 (2).

Olusegun Olaotan, the prosecutor, informed the court that the victim’s mother noticed something was amiss with her private area while bathing her seven-year-old daughter. The victim then explained to her mother how, after much prodding.

Ojo Ezekiel who is a teacher in the secondary school which shares the same compound with the victim’s school, inserted his finger into the private part of the under age girl.

According to the victim, the convict sexually abused her on four occasions inside his car usually parked under a tree after school hours and he told her not to tell anyone to avoid being beaten

A medical report after proper examination by a doctor, revealed to the court that the hymen of the victim was not intact as it was opened by 2cm

The judge, Hon. Justice Abiodun Akinyemi said the prosecuting counsel has established the case of rape against the convict and thereafter sentenced the convict to life imprisonment