Tosin Dada, Solomon Adebiyi
By Tony Folarin
Two Nigerians have been convicted by a jury at the Northampton Crown Court in the United Kingdom. They are Tosin Dada and Solomon Adebiyi, and now face the grim prospect of life jail for multiple rape charges.
According to reports from Lawtons Solicitors, a UK-based law firm, and a feminist charity organisation, Rape Crisis (England & Wales),it is revealed that, under the UK’s Sexual Offences Act 2003, the maximum sentence for rape is life imprisonment.
Recall that on Tuesday the Northamptonshire Police announced the conviction of the two Nigerians on its official Facebook page on Monday.
The conviction of Dada and Adebiyi follows weeks after a Nigerian pilot, Olukayode Ojo, was found guilty in a Texas court in the United States for making false statements to obtain a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Northamptonshire Police announced that the convicts, Dada and Adebiyi, had each been charged with three counts of rape related to a March 2022 incident, while claiming they had engaged in consensual sex with a 17-year-old girl.
However, the jury found these claims false, ruling against them and declaring both guilty.
“Tosin Dada, 34, previously of Knox Road, Wellingborough, and Solomon Adebiyi, 39, previously of Stanley Street, Northampton, were both charged with three counts of rape each in connection with the offence on March 12, 2022.
