The Ekiti State Government has added the names of seven more convicted sex offenders to the state’s Ministry of Justice Sex Offenders’ Register.
The register, managed by the ministry, is part of the government’s zero-tolerance stance against all forms of gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence.
In separate public notices released on Friday, the ministry published the names and photographs of the newly convicted offenders, all sentenced by the Ekiti State High Court, as a form of public shaming.
Those added to the register include 56-year-old Jayeoba Oluwafemi; 25-year-old Peter Moses; 48-year-old Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso; 27-year-old Alobaloye Abidemi; 44-year-old Onilearo Sogo; 26-year-old Fajana Olajide, and 30-year-old Olaniyi Anu.
According to the notices, each of the seven men was convicted for raping minors, sentenced to life imprisonment, and is currently serving their terms at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. Their details are now officially recorded in the Ekiti State Sex Offenders’ Register.
One notice read: “This person whose picture appears here is Jayeoba Oluwafemi, a 56-year-old native of Ido-Ekiti, formerly resident at Opopogbooro, Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. He is a convicted sex offender and is currently serving a life jail term in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. He has been registered in the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice Sex Offenders’ Register.”
Peter Moses, a native of Penchi in Plateau State, formerly living at 12, Alafiatayo via Asumpta Hospital, Ado Ekiti, is serving life imprisonment for raping a five-year-old girl.
Similarly, Alobaloye Abidemi, from Irare-Ekiti, who once lived at L6, Ile-Odo Street, Irare-Ekiti, is serving a life sentence for the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl.
Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, a native of Idanre in Ondo State and formerly of Ijadu Area, Olorunsogo, Ado Ekiti, is also serving life in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl.
Onilearo Sogo, a 44-year-old from Aisegba-Ekiti, who lived behind the palace in Aisegba, is imprisoned for raping a seven-year-old girl.
Fajana Olajide, a native of Ikere Ekiti and former resident of Okereku Street, Ikere Ekiti, is serving life for raping a 17-year-old girl.
Olaniyi Anu, from Erinmope Ekiti, who formerly resided at Ijewu Street, Erinmope, is also serving life for the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl.
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