Two convicted sex offenders, Basiru Adeyanju and Abiodun Olusola have on Wednesday, April 15, been publicly name-shamed by the Ekiti State Ministry of Justice.
Basiru, formerly of Irona Street, Ado-Ekiti has been convicted and is currently serving a 14 year prison term at the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti for the attempted rape of a 17 year-old girl (name withheld).
Abiodun on the other hand, formerly of Ijero Ekiti is also currently serving a 10-year prison term in the Nigerian Correctional Center, Ado-Ekiti for the rape of a 61-year old woman.
In a public notice released by the ministry, it was stated that the duo of Basiru and Abiodun have been registered in the State’s Ministry of Justice Sex Offenders’ Register and same was published on all social media platforms of the ministry.
This according to a statement from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda, was in furtherance of the zero tolerance policy of the Fayemi administration to sexual violence against women and children.
This is the third and forth time Ekiti State will be publicly publishing names of convicted sex offenders in the State. It would be recalled that the first case of public name-shaming was of a former Anglican priest and most recently a man, Ajibade Olaoluwa David who was convicted for raping a fourteen year old girl.
The Ekiti State Sex Offenders’ Register was opened in 2013. The public shaming policy started In 2019 as part of the additional measures adopted by the ministry to curb the menace of sexual violence in the State.
