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UNILAG lecturer sentenced to 21 years in jail for raping 18-year-old admission seeker
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Afeez Baruwa, to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission seeking daughter of his friends.
Justice Josephine Oyefeso convicted Baruwa of one count charge of rape brought against him.
Justice Oyefeso said:
“the prosecution has proven his case beyond a reasonable doubt. I found him guilty of the charge” .
Delivering her judgement, the judge said:
“I cannot begin to imagine the emotional trauma of the girl. The convict offended his family, the victim, the society and God.
“Baruwa I hereby sentenced you to 21 years imprisonment Maximum, this is my judgment”
The ex-lecturer was arraigned for allegedly raping an 18-year-old admission seeker in his former office at UNILAG.
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The defendant, a father of two was a former part-time lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the university when he allegedly committed the offence.
The former lecturer raped the complainant at 9.25 a.m. on July 23, 2015, in Room 8 at the Faculty of Business Administration Annex building, UNILAG.
The convict who was a friend of the victim’s father was asked by the father to help his daughter secure admission into the institution.
The rape occurred when the girl came into Baruwa’s office to make arrangements for her admission into the university.
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