Vice Principal bags life imprisonment for raping 12-year-old pupil

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, has sentenced a former Vice Principal of St. Mary’s Girls Grammar School, Ikole-Ekiti, Taiwo Ajayi, to life in jail for raping a 12-year-old student (name withheld) of the school.

The convict was the Vice Principal (Academics) at the time he committed the offence on March 18, 2014.

It was learnt that Ajayi lured the girl into his office, locked the door from behind and raped her on the table while blocking her mouth with a cloth. One of the teachers knocked the door but the convict refused to open the door and threatened her not to tell anybody.


Two teachers stormed the victim’s office finding the door locked but gained entrance after about 30 minutes and to their shock find the vice principal having carnal knowledge of the girl,Punch reports

Two panels set up to investigate the matter indicted Ajayi and he was subsequently suspended from service and later arrested and arraigned in court.