Man Jailed For Raping Four Minors

A man identified as Michael Kudowo, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by an Ota Magistrates Court in Ogun for raping four male minors.

The senior magistrate, Shotunde Shotayo, ruling that the 26-year-old homosexual must serve the sentence at the correctional centre in Abeokuta, Ogun, without any option of fine.

Shotayo also ruled that the four minors whose age were between 12 and 15 years should be taken to Borstal Training Institution, Abeokuta for reorientation.

The convict pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of kidnapping, raping and having carnal knowledge of minors before his conviction.

The prosecutor, Insp. Cynthia Ejezie, while speaking in the court stated that Kudowo committed the offences between August 2018 and December 2019 in Ile-Ita area.

Ejezie further stated that Kudowo kidnapped the four minors from various locations in Sango-Ota, Mushin and Ijebu-Ode, and kept them in his residence.

The prosecutor said that Kudowo had carnal knowledge of his victims through their anuses in his residence and his landlord noted that the incident was happening after he interrogated one of the kids.

Ejezie noted that the convict was apprehended after the landlord had reported the case at Sango-Ota Police Station.

She said that Kudowo at the police station confessed and admitted to having committed the crime.

She said that the offences contravened Sections 214(1), 216 and 365 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.