The Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa, Oba Adebukola Alli (pictured above) who has been on trial for allegedly raping a 23-year-old NYSC member Miss Helen Okpara, has been discharged and acquitted.
Delivering judgment, Justice Oyejide Falola of the Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun on Tuesday 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
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