‘I suffered stroke, blindness in jail’, says man acquitted of kid molestation cost after seven years

An aged man, Idowu Fashola, has shared his expertise after being accused of raping a younger woman who had lived together with his household from the age of three.

He defined that the woman was delivered to his dwelling by his spouse for care and coaching and remained with them till she reached secondary college age earlier than returning to her mother and father.

He mentioned the household later arrived with the police and accused him of rape, resulting in a chronic court docket case and his detention.

The person mentioned he was finally discovered not responsible and discharged after the court docket decided he had no case to reply.

Fashola who’s now partially blind with stroke on his proper hand, defined that he watched individuals died in jail however God saved him.

“So many died in jail. Solely God saved me,” the motive force mentioned.

His spouse said that had labored with banks as a driver, stating that he was wrongly molesting a lady he had assisted to develop.

She mentioned the supposed sufferer had accomodation problem on the age of three and that she picked her up, enrolled her at school and began taking good care of her with the help of Fashola, her husband.

After six months the woman left he home, she defined that there was an allegation that her husband (Fashola) sexually abused the woman.

She disclosed that her husband was wrongly accused and arrested, appreciating God for his eventual clearance and freedom.