Ex-UNILAG don: Nov 21 fixed for final addresses’ adoption

By Cephas Iorhemen and John Chikezie







A 54-year-old senior lecturer with the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Mr. Andrew Ogbuja, was yesterday arraigned on a four-count charge bordering on defilement to death of a teenage girl.

This came as Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court yesterday fixed November 21 for the adoption of final written addresses in the ongoing criminal trial of a former lecturer of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Afeez Baruwa.

Ogbuja, who was arraigned before Justice Augustine Ityonyiman, was accused of defiling to death a 13-year-old girl, Ochanya Ogbanje, who was kept under his custody.

He was arraigned exactly a year after Ochanya’s death. The victim died in October last year.
Ochanya had died as a result of complications from her prolonged rape allegedly by the lecturer and his son, Victor.

Victor, who is now at large, is a second suspect in the case. But the police are yet to declare him wanted.

However, Ogbuja, pleaded not guilty when the four-count charge was read out to him.

The prosecutor, Mr. P. M. Ukande, prayed the court to remand the accused and fix a date for proper trial, having pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Counsel to the accused, Mr. Abel Onoja, did not oppose the application for trial and urged the court to make an order to compel the prosecution to ensure that medical experts named in the suit are brought before the court to testify during commencement of full trial.

The prosecution counsel vehemently opposed the application brought before the judge, saying it was wrong and premature for the defence counsel to come up with such application since full trial was yet to commence.

The trial judge, while agreeing with the prosecution, overruled the defendant’s application, saying that it was premature and adjourned the suit till November 14, 2019, for commencement of trial.

Meanwhile, Justice Oyefeso handling Baruwa’s trial fixed November 21 after the defence counsel, Ms Taiwo Makinde, informed the court that they had just served the prosecution a copy of their final written addresses.

Baruwa is standing trial on a charge of raping an 18-year-old admission seeker (name withheld) in his former office in UNILAG.

The former lecturer committed an offence contrary to Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Justice, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

The defendant was a former part-time lecturer in the Department of Accounting in the university when he allegedly committed the offence.

While addressing the court, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. O. A. Azeez, told the court that the prosecution needed time to respond to the final written address of the defence.

Azeez said the former lecturer allegedly raped the victim at 9.25a.m. on July 23, 2015 in Room 8 at the Faculty of Business Administration Annex Bbuilding, UNILAG.

He said: “Baruwa, who was a friend of the complainant’s father, was requested by him to help his daughter secure admission into the institution.

“The alleged rape occurred when the girl came into Baruwa’s office to make arrangements for her admission into the university.

“UNILAG authority has, however, put up a disclaimer in respect of the lecturer.”

Four prosecution witnesses have testified against the defendant in the course of trial; including the complainant, her father, a medical doctor and the investigating police officer.

The prosecution, however, closed its case against Baruwa on January 23, 2018 while Baruwa testified solely in his defence on May 31.

The lecturer, in his defence, said that the complainant was his girlfriend and that he had consensual intercourse with the girl.

He, therefore, claimed that the girl had seduced him in his office on the day the alleged crime was committed.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com/2019/10/benue-lecturer-arraigned-for-allegedly-raping-minor-to-death/

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Ex-UNILAG don: Nov 21 fixed for final addresses’ adoption




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lalasticlala

Law is not a noble proffesion .
How can a lawyer defend a thief or killer even after knowing the truth just because his or her family must feed not minding the threat the thief or the killer would pose to the society if released or what pains or agony the family or persons who are denied justice would pass through ?
Lawyers who defend criminals after knowing the truth are also criminals.

Its a pity how he wasted the life of the young girl just to satisfy urge.

Irresponsible man! Wonder how his family will be feeling. One needs to be careful of his or her actions to avoid destroying your years of hard labour

Nigerian just wants to make every Goddamn average human being felt like a Saint. Could you believe, some people felt they are now doing something no ordinary human being is capable of by just being faithful in a relationship?

And to mister, let's the death sentence seduce you like the way the Lil angel did to you, at least, that won't be your first time of giving in to seduction.

SEX. overrated activity

Castrate him

Death sentence as punishment is fine for Rape offenders...

#JUSTICEFOROCHANYA

He must be killed by �� �

Love4God:

Law is not a noble proffesion .
How can a lawyer defend a thief or killer even after knowing the truth just because his or her family must feed not minding the threat the thief or the killer would pose to the society if released or what pains or agony the family or persons who are denied justice would pass through ?
Lawyers who defend criminals after knowing the truth are also criminals.

Shut up

Evil creatures

Both father and son decided to rape the young girl to death.. Both of them should be handed the death sentence.. Nothing less.

Lieing against the dead

The trial should not take too long.
Just sentience him and stop wasting taxpayers’ money in court

wow

I am not a fan of jungle justice but in this case I think his blood should be shed by stoning him to death or burying him alive to Clean the land off this evil he has committed

Love4God:

Law is not a noble proffesion .
How can a lawyer defend a thief or killer even after knowing the truth just because his or her family must feed not minding the threat the thief or the killer would pose to the society if released or what pains or agony the family or persons who are denied justice would pass through ?
Lawyers who defend criminals after knowing the truth are also criminals.

So, going by your logic, doctors should not attend to known criminals when they are in need of health care, after all, they are evil people.

Let's just pack all the evil people and put them on an island, isolate them from the good people, then no one can offer any service to them.

nawa

father and son both screwing a 13yrs old? what a world.

Week of Mr lecturer, Thanks BBC for exposing sex4mark, those cash4project and cash4mark affecting boys should be look into too, abi because we no get hole as our anus hole aren't meant for those shit cause we aren't gay

Continue to RIP beautiful one.

No more misery, may the Almighty God preserve your soul to Eternity

G

Dis lecturer no get sense ooo,as d name implies OGBANJE,yet he go put head,animal head lecturer

The levity that's displayed by so many is wreaking havoc in your society. These young girls and boys will be someone's spouse in the future [the ones that come out alive at least], maybe your Children's, but you sit and watch while old fools defile them, mentally damaging them for the rest of their existence.

Some of you are married to people who've been abused as kids or as teenagers and you're living a hell but you can't seem to trace where the problem is from.

Many need to do their research and learn how Child sexual abuse damages people.

An innocent Soul was wasted just like that your deadly Family failed you!! RIP Beautiful Angel.