Vice-Principal Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Raping A 12-Year-Old Pupil

Vice-Principal Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Raping A 12-Year-Old Pupil

A retired Vice-principal in Ekiti will spend what is left of his life in jail for raping a 12-year-old pupil in his office in 2014.

Taiwo Ajayi was the Vice-Principal (Academic) of St. Mary’s Girls Grammar School, Ikole-Ekiti. On March 18, 2012, he invited a 12-year-old pupil into his office, locked the door and raped her. An Ekiti State High Court heard that Ajayi, gagged the pupil with a piece of cloth to stop her from screaming.

The court found Ajayi guilty of raping a minor contrary to Section 31(2) of the Child Rights Law of Ekiti State, 2012, the Punch reports.

The convict was first arraigned on October 14, 2016, and he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Abodunde said, “Cases of child defilement have been on the increase lately and to serve as a deterrent to others, my view is that the punishment stipulated by the law was deliberate to deter the offence and protect the rights of the child.

“The defence counsel is pleading for leniency and praying for a fine instead of the due punishment. My question is; who pays the victim for the lifetime scar of the trauma and torture of rape?

“I am unable to deviate from the provisions of the law in this instance. The defendant is found guilty as charged and sentenced to life imprisonment.”