Osogbo – Justice Oyejide Falola of the
Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun
on Tuesday discharged and acquitted
the Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba
Adebukola Alli, over a charge of
raping an NYSC member. Delivering judgment, Falola said that
the plaintiff, Miss Helen Okpara, failed
to tender enough exhibits to convince
the court beyond reasonable doubt
that she was raped by the monarch. The judge also held that the plaintiff,
who accused the monarch of raping
her at his private residence in Osogbo,
failed to prove that she was raped. He said a case of rape could only be
established with exhibits such as bed
sheet, the victim’s pant and a medical
report indicating forceful penetration,
adding that the prosecutor failed to
tender all these. Falola said Okpara also failed to show
the bruises on her private part as
evidence that she was raped. He further said the prosecutor failed to
show to the court the plaintiff’s torn
clothes as she had claimed in her
submissions before the court. While stressing that a case of rape
must be proved with injuries sustained
on the private part as well as other
parts of the body, Falola said the court
was not convinced that Okpara
sustained any injury. Falola said the court was able to
establish the fact that Okpara and the
monarch had been having regular
sexual relationship before a
misunderstanding ensued between
them. He, however, condemned such
relationship involving a traditional
ruler, saying his action had brought
his stool into disrepute as well as
disgrace to his family and community. But Mr Femi Adedokun, the counsel to
both Okpara and the state
government, said he would seek
advice from the Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice before
considering appealing the judgment. On his part, the defence counsel, Mr
Taofeeq Tewogbade, commended the
judgment, describing it as “God’s
judgment which came at the
appointed time.’’ The case had been ongoing for almost
three years before Tuesday’s
judgment. (NAN) http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/rape-nysc-member-court-frees-osun-monarch/

I just hope ds young lady won't end up mad at the end of ds event.u cant fight a monarch over issues like this, even if he is guilty.