Court Sends LASU Student To 21 Years In Prison For Raping Fellow Student

Afeez Ogunbowale, a student at Lagos State University (LASU), was sentenced to 21 years in jail on Tuesday by an Ikeja Special Offences Court for his role in the armed robbery and rape of two fellow LASU students.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo condemned Ogunbowale after finding him guilty of five counts including conspiracy, rape, and armed robbery, according to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN).

According to Taiwo, the prosecution established its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The victims’ evidence was powerful, she said, and they were able to positively identify Ogunbowale as one of the perpetrators.

“The defendant is hereby sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy, 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of armed robbery and 21 years’ imprisonment each for counts of rape.

“The sentences are to run concurrently,” she said.

On hearing the sentence, Ogunbowale who has been suspended by LASU over the case, wept profusely at the dock.

NAN reports that prosecution team led by Mrs O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, had said that the defendant committed the offences alongside others who are at large, on April 18, 2018, at the Okokomaiko area of Lagos.

“The defendant and his accomplices, while armed with a gun, knife, machete and bottle, robbed the two students in their off campus accommodation.

They were robbed of their phones, power bank, earpiece, gold chain and N1, 200.

“The defendant and one of his accomplices who is still at large had unlawful sexual intercourse with the complainants.

“The offences contravene Sections 260(1) and 297(2)(a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015,” she said.