A 26-year-old teacher, Akorede Quadri, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted of a rape charge by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.
She said that the defendant established that there was regular sex intercourse between him and the complainant, even after she reported the controversial sex of September 2017 to the police.“With all due respect, after watching and observing the defendant and the complainant, I’m inclined to believe the version, as presented by the defendant.The judge held that the complainant was like someone out to take a revenge on a lover.
Amao, in her evidence, said that the complainant reported the rape allegedly committed in September 2017 to the police in November 2017. “When he came to my house, he grabbed me and raped me. I said to him, “What if I get pregnant?” He asked if I had potash at home and I said, “Yes”, and he gave me potash, water and salt to drink.
“She told me she was a divorcee, she said she married her ex-husband as a virgin and he made her unhappy.“The sexual intercourse we had was not forced, it was consensual. She nagged after the intercourse that I ejaculated inside her.