The Kwara state high court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced three students to prison for conspiring and gang-raping a cousin of one of them.
Omotosho Yahaya — a cousin of the victim; Mustapha Ahmed, and Mustapha Ridwan, are students at an undisclosed tertiary institution in the state.
Yahaya, the first defendant, was said to have asked Ahmed and Ridwan, his friends, to join him in raping his cousin while she was in the room.
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On Monday, Adenike Akinpelu, the presiding judge, sentenced the trio after they were convicted on two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape of the victim.
The court sentenced them to five years imprisonment each for rape and two years each for criminal conspiracy.
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The sentences, expected to run concurrently, include an additional N50,000 fine to be paid by each of the defendants.
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