NIGERIAN WHO WAS ARRESTED IN UK FOR RAPING A19-YR OLD AT A NIGHT CLUB WORKED WITH A FAKE IDENTITY, POLICE TELLS COURT

A 47-year-old Nigerian nightclub security guard accused of rape had no right to work in the UK, Southwark Crown Court heard on Tuesday, May 27.

Morenikeji Adewole is accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in his car near gay nightclub Heaven in central London on November 1, 2024.

The court was previously told the alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a Christian who was saving herself for marriage.

The woman, the court heard, was said to have been drunk and stumbling. A person can be too intoxicated to give proper consent, the jury was told.

Jurors at Southwark Crown Court have now been told the defendant was on a five-year tourist visa that did not allow him to work in Britain.

He also could not stay for more than six months at a time, and he returned to Nigeria when those stints were up, it was alleged.

Mr Adewole, of Dartford, Kent, also gave a fake name to police when he was arrested following the alleged rape.

The defendant previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of an identification document with improper intention.

The defendant had been employed at Heaven under the name Olusola Julius Alabi.

Officers discovered his real name through fingerprint evidence after his arrest, jurors were told.

Giving evidence, the defendant said he “used a false ID to obtain work, to get a job” and that it was “to make a living… to save for my partner – I’m the one who paid for the rent”