A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has sentenced a 29-year-old Welder, Obor Omodavwejie, to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a 16-year-old girl.
The Court, while expressing satisfaction that the prosecution was able to prove its case against the accused, pronounced Omodavwejie guilty of the one count charge of rape and sentenced him to 15 years behind bars.
The Court, in its verdict, held that from the evidence adduced and after watching the demeanour of the victim, believed her evidence as the pains on the victim’s face while testifying were obvious.
The prosecution called three witnesses, including the Investigating Police Officer, and medical doctor that examined the victim.
Though the accused made a confessional statement, he claimed that the victim consented to the sexual Intercourse.
The prosecution had told the Court that on or about October 1, 2014 at Edjeba, within the Warri Judicial Division, the accused had deceived the victim (name withheld), with whom he resides in the area, to get him an undisclosed item.
But when she brought the said item, the accused and his friend, now at large, overpowered her and dragged her inside their apartment and had canal knowledge of her without her consent.
