lefulefu:
go and check our nigerian prisons. Majority of the inmates na riduclous crimes carry dem dere. A young dude stole a bunch of bananas at oshodi market and he will be given ten years, a lady stole bournvita and milk and dem go nack her seven years.. Ok a gate steal one wretched looking native fowl and dem go sama am 4 yrs. Alright what of dat tenant wey sleep with im landlord's wife wey no dey stay one place and dem go turn d story upside down and d woman wey dem know say dey flirt around wil claim na rape and dem go nack seven yrs. Armed robbers and kidnappers are given one or two years or they are left off the hook if dem settle behind court. Welcome to nigeria.

CaptainMitch:
When dem charge me go court some years back, I see person wey dem sentence to one month imprisonment for stealing diesel from generator.

CaptainMitch:
When dem charge me go court some years back, I see person wey dem sentence to one month imprisonment for stealing diesel from generator.

sonofElElyon:
I would like to carry out a quick objective analysis of this case based on my legal background:
1. The lady confirms she is a commercial sex worker which should have at least earned her a conviction for soliciting.
2. It was established that they had sex but the matter in issue is was the sex consensual?
*The man claims that it was but that after the act, he offered a lesser amount than agreed. If this is true he is guilty of patronising a prostitute and she is guilty of prostituting. The court of course can not enforce the illegal contract by insisting the main pays the prostitute in full or at all.
*The woman claims she was raped and if this is true the man was rightfully convicted though jail term shoul have commenced from date of remand for fairness' sake. However let us look at the facts:
We are not told there was a witness to the rape so i will take it there was none so its her word against his...
She did not immediately make a report to the police of the rape to ascertain whether there were bruises on her neck since she claimed he strangled her or any other signs of violence to her body...
She did not immediately report the theft of her phone by the man as she claimed (no mention that she immediately reported the theft)....
It appears she only raised an alarm and reported the matter about a month or so after the alleged rape when she saw him again...
It is my considered opinion that the case of rape has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt. There exists that reasonable doubt that the lady is actually guilty of malicious prosecution because the man did not pay her the agreed sum or any sum at all after the sex The man should therefore have been convicted for a lesser offence of patronising a prostitute based on his own admission in his statement and the lady convicted for soliciting based on her own admission that she is a prostitute and indeed agreed to have sex with a man for a fee.

smellingmenses:
The Ikeja Sexual Offence and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, sentenced a bricklayer, Edet Imoh, 40, to five years in prison for raping a commercial sex worker.

Sybil Nwaka, the judge, who did not give the convict an option of fine said the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

”I find the defendant guilty of the offence of indecent assault, he is sentenced to five years imprisonment which will commence from the date of sentencing.

”l hope by the time you come out, you would have learnt your lessons to stay away from such act and live happily with your family,” she said.

Mrs Nwaka also admonished the complainant, Ejiro Umukoro, 25, to desist from prostitution as it is illegal and that the Lagos State Government is on the move to sanitise the state against such act.

“I, however, chastise the complainant and urge her to be of good behaviour.

“The state is using this opportunity to warn other intending offenders, those in the commercial sex trade and other perpetrators of sex offenders to desist and have a rethink.

“Control yourselves from such offence because Lagos State frowns seriously at such act,” she said.

The convict, who was earlier charged with two counts of rape and theft, pleaded not guilty to the charge

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that during the trial, the prosecution led by B.T Boye had alleged that the convict committed the offence on March 11, 2017 at 1.30a.m. at Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.

According to Boye “The convict met the complainant at Farm City Lekki Phase 1, while he was having his lunch.

“We exchanged pleasantries and we agreed to have sex afterwards. Umokoro told me to pay her N50,000 for having sexual intercourse with her but l begged her to collect N40,000 to which she agreed.

” We later took a cab to Awolowo Road at Ikoyi to use my friend’s house but unfortunately he wasn’t around.

“I told Umukoro to go back but she refused and said l must pay her for bringing her out so we had sex somewhere around. We laid a wrapper on the floor and had sex after which she demanded for the N40,000 but l told her l had only N9,000 but she refused to collect it from me.

“She refused to collect the N9,000 and tried to hold my shirt but l ran away.

The commercial sex worker in her testimony, however, denied the allegations.

She said:“ the defendant took me to an agreed place but on getting there, the gateman refused to open the gate saying that the madam of the house was around.

“I told the defendant to call the cabman that brought us to come back and pick us but he refused. Suddenly, the defendant attacked me from behind, tried to strangle me by pressing my neck till l fainted.

“He then raped me and stole my Blackberry Passport phone and Nokia phone all valued at N131,000. On April 6, 2017 l got hold of the defendant at Farm City Lekki Phase 1 and reported him to the police at Maroko Police Station,” Miss Umukoro said.

NAN reports that the convict who brought his belongings to court on the assumption that he would be freed after being on remand since 2017 burst into tears on hearing the judgement passed on him.

The offence, the prosecution said, contravened the provisions of Section 361 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 (NAN)


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/297988-bricklayer-jailed-five-years-for-raping-commercial-sex-worker.html

tunde4top:
This story get k-leg jo. How can a prostitude picked from duty be raped ?. The prostitude expected to be paid the agreed 50k but when the guy later decided to pay 9k after eating the hot soup, the girl decided to purnish him and reported the case to the police as rape.

alizma:
that judge is a sadist and probably don't have a home to call her own. the prostitute admitted they both agreed to had sex and she willingly followed the guy to a particular place with intention to have sex, at this point, it is clear the issue of one forcing the other is not likely the case but more of disagreement on amount agreed to.
an average prostitute is ready to render her service anywhere as much as her target amount is not affected by the location. besides, how possible was it that the guy strangled her to the point she became unconscious and slept with her in the presence of the guard who was afraid to let him in because his madam was around? the judge in this case allowed her emotional feeling to lead her sense of judgement.
5years without option of fine is wickedness as far as this case is concerned.
for the sake of professionalism, someone need to stand for this man.

inkon:
Raping a prostitute?



That man deserves what he got. The complainant might have actually accused him falsely but a responsible man has no business, consorting with prostitutes in the first place.



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Boyooosa:
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Mw
I notice that female judges are sentimental, bias and temperamental when it comes to the case of their fellow folks compared to their male colleagues that allow money to always overshadow/cloud and undermine their judgemental reasoning... some anyway.

danuzochukwu:
Rape is rape no matter who you commited it againt, many people think that, because a girl is a prostitute they will do her anything and get away with it.

tunde4top:
This story get k-leg jo. How can a prostitude picked from duty be raped ?. The prostitude expected to be paid the agreed 50k but when the guy later decided to pay 9k after eating the hot soup, the girl decided to purnish him and reported the case to the police as rape.

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pedrilo:
i tink d judge is very bias.
ashawo biz is illegal, but d judge ADVISED the prostitute to be of good behaviour.
and sentenced d man who patronized ashawo to 5 years in prison.
God will not forgive this feminist judge!

sammirano:
That judgment is not fait