Court Sentences Okada Rider To 20 Years In Prison For Defiling 13 Year Old

A state high court of Akwa Ibom in Uyo has meted out justice to a 36-year-old commercial motorcycle operator locally known as “okada” by sentencing him to 20 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl.

The convict identified as Anietie Bassey Etim, a native of Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, was said to have taken the victim who boarded his motorcycle to a church on a lonely path, where he defiled her, consecutively and Justice Gabriel Ette in his judgment found the rapist guilty and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

In his words, he said, “You are to spend the next 20 years in prison, having been found guilty of rape.” Justice Ette ruled.