Sequel to their conviction for gang-raping a 13-year-old girl, the names Anu Olaniyi and Abidemi Alobaloye have been entered into the register of sex offenders in Ekiti State.
The Ekiti State Ministry of Justice disclosed this on Friday, August 8, 2025.
A State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti Division had sentenced the two men to life imprisonment in March 2025.
The duo who committed the offences on December 28, 2020, were arraigned on the charges of conspiracy and gang rape.
During the hearing, the victim told the court, “I was sent on an errand on 28th December 2020 when one of the convicts intercepted me and purposely directed me to his friend’s place where they both forcibly had carnal knowledge of me one after the other”.
“I was able to recognise both convicts and they were later arrested and charged to court.”
The Director of Public Prosecution, Julius Ajibare, said that the offences committed were “contrary to Section 421 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021 and Section 2(2)(c) of the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) (First Amendment) Law, 2020”.
Ajibare called four witnesses and tendered seven exhibits in support of his case.
But the defendants, who spoke through their counsel, Oluwafemi Alonge, gave evidence in their defence and called no witnesses.
In the judgment, Justice Adekunle Adeleye held that “the prosecution proved the offence of gangrape and conspiracy against the defendants beyond reasonable doubt”.
The judge consequently convicted the defendants and sentenced each of them to life imprisonment for gang rape and two years imprisonment for conspiracy.
Justice served — life in prison and their names in Ekiti’s sex offenders’ register. Actions like this send a clear warning: crimes against children will never be hidden.