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Dec

26

2022

Court sentences Okada rider to 20 years in prison for defiling 13 year old

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Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo had sentenced a 36-year-old commercial motorcycle operator locally known as “okada” to 20 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. The convict, Anietie Bassey Etim, a native of Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai Local Government Area, was said to have taken the victim who boarded his motorcycle to a church on a lonely path, where he defiled her, consecutively. Justice Gabriel Ette in his judgement found the rapist guilty and committed him to 20 years in prison. “You are to spend the next 20 years in prison, having been found guilty…

Nov

27

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Homosexual allegedly rapes five-year-old boy to death in Ogun State

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The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 36-year-old homosexual suspect, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped a five-year-old boy to death in the Ogijo area of Sagamu local government of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was arrested, on Friday, following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the CDA Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo. Oyeyemi said that the chairman had reported that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge…

Nov

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

16-year-old boy allegedly rapes brother’s wife, nine girls in Ondo

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A 16-year-old boy, identified as Precious, has admitted to raping his brother’s wife and nine other girls following his arrest by Amotekun corps. According to Precious, he entered the room where his brother’s wife was sleeping naked and proceeded to lay on her. He confessed to the crime when he and other suspects were being paraded at the Amotekun Corps headquarters, in Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State capital. At Laosun, a farm hamlet in the Ondo West local government, he claimed to have also raped nine additional girls. Precious was also accused of stealing 25 liters of palm oil, which he…

Oct

15

2022

By Chimamanda

39-year-old father arrested for impregnating 13-year-old daughter

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 39-year-old man, Mfon Jeremiah, for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old daughter (name withheld). Jeremiah, a resident of FIRRO Estate off Adesan, Mowe in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, was arrested after his wife reported him to the police. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim. The PPRO said, “The mother of the victim reported that she discovered…

Sep

15

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Judge jails commercial motorcyclist for life for raping 9-year-old girl

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An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Ojo Adebayo, to life in prison for raping a nine-year-old girl. The defendant was indicted on a charge of desecration before Judge Olalekan Olatawura in March. In sentencing, Judge Olatawura held that the victim’s identification of the defendant as the person who raped her is not only convincing but credible, the same one that has not been discredited during cross-examination and, therefore, is not wrong. . “In all, I find established and proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution that the defendant and no other person tainted the…