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.
Pastor Famakinwa was said to have carried out the act on the pretense of healing the victim of the demonic spirit tormenting her
Famakinwa was said to have also had sex with the victim at the market at night.
Presiding Judge, Justice Yemi Fasanmi, sentenced Famakinwa after he found him guilty of rape and defilement of his tenant’s daughter. The convict was first arraigned on February 2022 on two counts of rape and defilement along with sexual abuse and exploitation.
The Prosecutor, H.M Falowo, informed the court that the defendant had unlawful sexual intercourse with the victim which resulted to pregnancy.
The victim had told the court that Famakinwa sexually abused her three times in his room and in the market stall at night.
Justice Fasanmi, in his ruling, held that the denial of the convict of being responsible for the pregnancy was an afterthought.
The Judge condemned the convict’s act for impregnating the poor girl and turning her to a struggling single mother.
“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.”
