Man gets life sentence for raping lover
![Rape victim and Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Rape-victim-and-Sexual-Offences-and-Domestic-Violence-Court.png)
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Eniola Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his girlfriend.
Justice Rahmon Oshsodi found Mr Ibrahim guilty of having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend without her consent.
Mr Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution had proved the necessary ingredients to establish the offence of rape.
He said the defendant’s landlord’s testimony was sufficiently corroborated as also the weight of the medical report.
“The court has also taken into cognisance remarks made by the defendant that he loves the victim.
” You must not hurt people that you love. The evidence in this case demonstrates that you did not just rape the victim, but you did it in a ferocious and animalistic way.
“You hit her on the face, which made it swollen. She had bloody eyes and swollen lips.
“You pinned her neck to your bed and raped her. A man like you who has committed sexual violence against a woman should be ashamed and must be punished,” he said.
The judge held that a woman or a girl who was a victim of sexual violence had committed no crime as she needed not to be ashamed.
“In your case, I do consider the seriousness of the offence to justify a life sentence, and that is the sentence I must, therefore, impose upon you.
“Accordingly, I sentence you, Mr Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment,” Mr Oshodi said.
The court further ordered that the convict’s name be registered as a sex offender on Lagos State sexual offenders register.
The state counsel, Inumidun, called four witnesses through whom various documents were admitted into evidence while the convict testified as the sole witness.
The prosecution submitted that the convict committed the offence on June 6, 2012, at his residence on Lateef Dosumu Street in Lagos.
Mr Wasiu was arraigned on December 1, 2021, and pleaded not guilty.
The survivor, in her testimony, had told the court that the defendant invited her to his house and pinned her neck to his bed, and then raped her when she went to visit him on his home on a Sunday afternoon.
“I told him I did not want to stay long, and then he locked the door and carried me to the room,” she said.
She said that he forced open her trouser zip and took nude pictures of her, and raped her.
(NAN)
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
![Katsina State](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/1863B29B-AC06-49E0-ADFA-655BBEC3389A.jpeg)
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
![CHILDREN IN IDP CAMP USED TO ILLUSTRATE THE STORY](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/kids-IDP-camps-1200x659.jpg)
NationWide
Food Security: UN to spend $20 million to feed hungry Nigerians
Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are the focal states to benefit from the funds.
![Oluwasheun Akorede](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Fyv9kjhXwAQG_if-1200x675.jpeg)
Diaspora
Nigerian-American Oluwasheun Akorede wanted for drug trafficking in U.S.
The DEA called Mr Akorede “fugitive of the week.”
![Peter Obi](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Peter-Obi-1200x795.jpg)
Politics
Obi Presidential Campaign: Labour Party suspends Osun chairman for alleged N34 million fraud
The politician said he only received N300,000.
![Buba Marwa, President Bola Tinubu and Mojisola Adeyeye](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot_20230620-230630_Quick-Grid.jpg)
NationWide
Tinubu reverses dissolution of NDLEA, NAFDAC boards
Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
![Naira and Dollar](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Naira-and-Dollar-3.png)
Economy
Naira gains value against dollar at Investors and Exporters window
A total of 134.47 million dollars was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on Tuesday.
![World Bank and hungery Nigerians](https://i1.wp.com/gazettengr.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot_20230620-222950_Quick-Grid.jpg)
NationWide
64 million Nigerians at risk of hunger by August: World Bank
About 64 million Nigerians are at risk of falling into food crisis in the coming months, according to a new World Bank report The Bank reported that, from 9