A 26-year-old teacher, Akorede Quadri, was on Thursday discharged and acquitted of a rape charge by an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in her judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye discredited the claim by a female teacher, Damilola Odekunle, that she was raped by Quadri, her collegaue.
Soladoye upheld the claim of Quadri that they were “friends with benefits”.
The judge said,“ In instances where there were controversies as to whether consent was willingly given, medical evidence should be provided.”
She held that the prosecution did not prove its case beyond reasonable doubt, adding that it failed to provide to the court, medical evidence that the complainant was raped.
“The evidence of the defendant (Quadri) was given in a respectful and precise manner.
“He was coherent and quite articulate. His evidence established that there was a relationship between him and the complainant,” the judge said.
She said that the defendant established that there was regular sex intercourse between him and the complainant, even after she reported the controversial sex of September 2017 to the police.
“This is a case of a friendship that went sour as far as this court is concerned……..read more
Source: Daily Post
