Osun State: A
chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in Ilesa, Obafemi Kolawole
has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a female member of the All
Progressives Congress .
Kolawole was alleged to have committed the crime on
September 15, 2007 in Ilesa, Osun State.
The victim, Tosin Ajakaye, an Action Congress of Nigeria
(now All Progressives Congress) member
was pregnant as at the time of the incident.
The PDP chieftain 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.
The prosecution called four witnesses including Tosin Ajakaye,
Lawal Sikiru and Dr. A.I Isawumi. The Investigating Police Officer (IPO)
Sergeant Olatunji Arojo, said the case had been properly investigated.
Kolawole testified in his defence and called additional
four witnesses including Chief Ganiyu Oladiran, Adediran Kehinde, Adewusi
Olowolodu and Olayinka Alege.
The victim at the trial narrated her ordeal. She stated
that on September 15, 2007, Kolawole and his cohorts, who are not police
officers, came to arrest her at her house at about 7:30 pm for an unknown
offence then she was taken into custody at a private residence where she was
severely beaten and raped many times by Kolawole.
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