A 62-year-old landlord in Ekiti State, Daudu Jimoh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti after he was found guilty of raping his tenant’s nine-year-old daughter.
Jimoh, who is a resident of Ilupeju-Ekiti was sentenced by Justice Lekan Ogunmoye for the offence, which he committed in 2019, following which he was arrested and arraigned before the court on one count of rape.
According to the police prosecutor, Julius Ajibare, Jimoh, on September 27, 2019, raped the nine-year-old girl contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
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In her evidence in court, the victim submitted that the convict who is popularly known as ‘Baba Cooler’ raped her on four different occasions before he was caught by her elder sister who raised an alarm leading to his arrest.
“On the day my sister caught him, he called me into his room in the afternoon, he asked me to sleep on the chair, he removed my pant and put his penis in my vagina, he was doing it when my sister caught us.
“Whenever he had sex with me, I was always afraid to tell my mother because he had warned me not to tell anybody or I will die,” the victim stated.
Julius, called four witnesses and tendered the defendant’s statements and a medical report as exhibits.
The Defendant, openly confessed to committing the crime.