Standing ovation for Nigerian gang-rapist on his return to Dublin

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Nigerian gang-rapist Ismahil Akinade received a standing ovation when he came on in added time in last Friday's 2-0 win over Sligo Rovers, Akinade's first appearance of the season.

He had his spleen removed in February, a consequence of having low blood platelets, a serious operation which almost ended his career.

"Even to play for a minute on Friday was great, it was an amazing feeling to be back on the field again," Akinade told The Herald.

Not mentioned in the glowing report on Akinade's recovery and return to the pitch is that three years previously, in 2014, Ismahil Akinade was convicted of sexual abuse of a teenage girl in Kildare.

For reasons unknown, the The Irish Examiner and The Irish Times have scrubbed their reports on the gang-rape case.

However, archives of the reports remain:
http://archive.is/jgJwa
http://archive.is/Xqcm7

The three men, who were 16-years-old at the time, on one occasion took turns to rape the girl in a forest clearing. One of them said, “You look like you’re going to cry.” She said she slapped him across the face and asked: “Can you blame me?”

Garda Carney said the girl revealed she had been in pain during the some of the sexual assaults but she let the youths abuse her “because that’s what they do and I had no choice.” She said she was still on anti-depressants, has had suicidal ideation and is constantly discussed on social media.

On delivering her sentence, the judge noted that the sexual offence conviction might “cause them not to get employment, or to lose employment” and that this was punishment in itself.

Akinade was then a Bray Wanderers footballer before signing with Bohemians midway through the 2015 where he was nominated for Young Player Of The Year.

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