Ondo Pastor,Ajayi Famakinwa bags 18 years for raping, impregnating tenant’s daughter in Ondo

 

Ondo Pastor,Ajayi Famakinwa bags 18 years for raping, impregnating tenant’s daughter in Ondo. 

An Ondo State High Court has sentenced a 63-year-old pastor, Ajayi Famakinwa, to 18 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating a teenager.

The 15-year-old victim is the daughter of one of the convict’s tenants. Famakinwa was said to have committed the offence on April 13, 2021, at Ayetoro Street, Ayede Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area.

He was said to have carried out the act on the pretence of healing the victim of the demonic spirit tormenting her.Famakinwa was also said to have had sex with the victim at the market at night.

The convict was first arraigned on February 2022 on two counts of rape and defilement along with sexual abuse and exploitation. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecutor, H.M Falowo, informed the court that the defendant had unlawful sexual intercourse with the victim which resulted in pregnancy. The victim had told the court that Famakinwa sexually abused her three times in his room and also in the market stall at night.

The presiding judge, Justice Yemi Fasanmi, in his ruling, held that the denial of the convict of being responsible for the pregnancy was an afterthought.

Justice Fasanmi condemned the convict’s act for impregnating the poor girl and turning her to a struggling single mother.

The judge sentenced Famakinwa after he found him guilty of rape and defilement of his tenant’s daughter. “The defendant’s conduct, his admission of the crime to the Divisional Police Officer at Ayede Ogbese on October 17, 2021, in his voluntary confessional statement to be responsible for the pregnancy and other evidence of the prosecution amounted to sufficient corroboration that the defendant committed the offence.

“Based on the above and in strict adherence to the provisions of the law, I have no alternative than to sentence the defendant accordingly and I so hold.” ”Though the defendant appeared remorseful in court, he is convicted as charged and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment.”