An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos, to 50-years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of the institution on campus.
He bagged 50-years in prison for the rape and three-years in prison for the assault on student X with both sentences to run concurently. “I gave him my account number but he did not credit my account. Friendship with benefits was the crux of our relationship.”“The defendant, John Osagie Otema in respect of count-one is found not guilty as there is overwhelming evidence before the court that sexual intercourse between the defendant and PW2 was consensual as it was friendship with benefits,” she said.
“With regard to count-three the defendant is found guilty and is hereby sentenced to three-years in prison as the prosecution has done its job diligently by proving the charge beyond reasonable doubt.”UNILAG alumnus accused of raping two undergraduates knows fate Aug. 17 Earlier the defence counsel, Mr Fred Onyeka, in his allocutus said that Otema is a young man with aged parents who also had his whole life ahead of him.
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