Court gives man life jail term for raping a varsity student in lagos

A man, Collins Okechukwu, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday for raping and robbing a 25-year-old UNILAG student.

Delivering judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who characterized Mr Okechukwu as a “pathological liar,” declared that the prosecution proved the charges of rape and robbery against him beyond reasonable doubt.

Hence, the trial court sentenced Mr Okechukwu to life imprisonment for rape, and 21 years for robbery. But the judge ordered that the two sentences should run concurrently.

She said, “The testimony of the defendant portrayed him as a pathological liar in the sense that he claimed that the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Guest House was fully booked and the survivor was sex starved, which made them have sex on bare floor.

“This is unbelievable and watery.

“The defendant lured the survivor into the Admin Block, brought out a pistol, raped her and robbed her of her valuables thereafter.

“The claim of the defendant to have met the survivor (UNILAG student) at the guest house and she agreed to have sex with him was consistently laced with irregularities and found unreliable.

“The defendant is found guilty as charged, of the two offences, and thereby sentenced to life imprisonment in respect to rape and 21 years jail term for robbery.

“The sentences shall run concurrently.

“He should have his name entered in the Sex Offenders Register of the Lagos State Government.”