An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a former part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to 21 years imprisonment for raping an 18-year-old admission seeker.
Afeez Baruwa was convicted of one count charge of rape.
Justice Josephine Oyefeso said on Thursday that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
She said: “The offence committed against this young lady was a violation of her chastity which would have left huge emotional scars from which I pray and hope she will recover.
“I cannot begin to imagine the physical and mental trauma she has had to endure from the man whom she considered her father’s friend, a community leader who should have known better. This is a shame.
“This is a crime that not only offends the survivor, it offends her family, it offends the society at large, it also offends God.
“I find you Baruwa Afeez Akin guilty of a one-count charge of rape contrary to Section 258(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011, and I hereby convict you accordingly.
“In line with Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011, Baruwa Afeez Akin is hereby sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment.”
The prosecution said Baruwa, a married father of two and former part-time lecturer in the Department of Accounting at the university, raped the girl on July 23, 2015, in Room 8 at the Faculty of Business Administration, Annex building, UNILAG.
Baruwa, who was a friend of the victim’s father, was requested to help secure admission for her into the institution.
