Posted on: 09:20 Thu, 24 Mar 2016



An Egor Magistrates’ Court, Benin, Edo
State, on Wednesday sentenced a 47-
year-old man, Rotimi Olayemi, to four
years’ imprisonment for s3xually
assaulting a 13-year-old girl.

Olayemi, said to be an English
teacher at the King of Kings
College, had been arraigned on
four counts bothering on s3xual
assault.

The prosecutor, Mrs. Osasu
Ewemade, had told the court that
the convict, Olayemi, committed the
crime on May 26, 2014, in his office
in the college.

The father of three was said to have
invited the victim, a 13-year-old
pupil of the school, to his office
where he hugged, kissed and
fondled her. Ewemade had also
said Olayemi put his hand in her
private parts.

She said the offence contravened
Section 360 of the Criminal Code,
Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct
Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as
applicable in Edo.

The convict had pleaded not guilty
to the charges.

The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Igho
Braimoh, found him guilty on all
counts and sentenced him to one
year in prison for each count.

Braimoh added that the prison
terms would run concurrently.

The magistrate, however, gave an
option of fine of N50,000 for each
of the counts.