Osun Court Frees Monarch After Alleged Rape Of Nysc Members, Says They Had Been Having Regular Sexual Pleasure

Justice Oyejide Falola of the Osun State
High Court sitting in Ikirun on Tuesday
gave the verdict today, putting an end to
a three-year sexual case that has brought
national attention on the traditional king,
the Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola
Alli, and his accuser, Helen Okpara.
Delivering judgment, Falola said that the
plaintiff, Miss Helen Okpara, failed to
tender enough exhibits to convince the
court beyond reasonable doubt that she
was raped by the monarch.
The judge also held that the plaintiff, who
accused the monarch of raping her at his
private residence in Osogbo, failed to
prove that she was raped.
He said a case of rape could only
be established with exhibits such
as bed sheet, the victim’s pant and
a medical report indicating forceful
penetration, adding that the
prosecutor failed to tender all
these.Falola said Okpara also failed
to show the bruises on her private
part as evidence that she was
raped.
He further said the prosecutor
failed to show to the court the
plaintiff’s torn clothes as she had
claimed in her submissions before
the court.
While stressing that a case of rape must
be proved with injuries sustained on the
private part as well as other parts of the
body, Falola said the court was not
convinced that Okpara sustained any
injury.
Falola said the court was able to establish
the fact that Okpara and the monarch
had been having regular sexual
relationship before a misunderstanding
ensued between them.
He, however, condemned such
relationship involving a traditional ruler,
saying his action had brought his stool
into disrepute as well as disgrace to his
family and community.
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"I was raped by the Alowa of Ilowa on
Friday, March 25. Before then, I had been
introduced to the monarch during the
last INEC registration exercise.
"One day, on my way from the
school, Oba Alli gave me a ride and
told me that he wanted me to be a
computer facilitator for the schools
in the community. That was after
he got to know that I was computer
literate and we drew a plan on the
format the assignment would take."
She explained that she later had a
session with the students and after
introducing the system to them, the
traditional ruler offered to take her
back to school. But instead of
dropping her at the school, he
reportedly took her to his
residence in Osogbo, a few
kilometers to her place of primary
assignment.
"He said I should not worry, that
he would bring me back home and
eventually we arrived at his
residence in Osogbo where he
entertained me. It was getting late
and I wanted to go home as he
started to caress me. I got up
begging him, but he turned down
my pleas,"
She explained further that the monarch
later stripped her and went outside to
soak her clothes, stressing that before he
came back, she had locked the door.