Appeal Court affirms security guard's conviction for raping Kogi student
Nigeria, March 19 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Monday, upheld the conviction of a watchman, earlier found guilty by the trial court of raping a female student at the Kogi State Polytechnic, Osara Campus in September 2018.
A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Joseph Oyewole, in a unanimous judgement, agreed with the trial court's findings and affirmed the guilt of Macaulay Masayete.
"My lords, I agree with the learned trial judge that the evidence of PW1 (survivor) is clear and unambiguous," Okon Abang, a member of the panel, said in his lead judgement agrees to by other panel members
The Kogi State High Court had in 2019 found guilty of raping an 18-year-old undergraduate of the polytechnic.
Consequently, the cour...
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