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In furtherance of the state's stance against child molesters in the state, the Edo State Government has assured justice for a 12-year-old child allegedly defiled by a community leader in Oregbeni Quarters, Benin City. In a statement, the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development assured that justice will be done in the matter, as the state government his committed to protecting children. The minor said to have been allegedly defiled by the Odionwere of Jatto Street in Oregbeni Quarters, appeared at the Evbouriaria Magistrate Court during the trial of the defendant, Goddey Jatto, a 34-year-old man. While being led in evidence by the Prosecutor, Inspector Thomas Ojo, the nominal complainant (victim) told the court that she was accosted, taken to the bush behind a fish-pond in the area and defiled by Jatto on January 22, 2019. "While I was waiting for my mother at the shop, I decided to go to a neighbour to help me call my mother on phone. Before I could get to the...

13-year-old student (name withheld), has narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a 60-year-old customer of her grandmother defiled her two-years ago when she was aged 11. The teenager made the disclosure on Tuesday during the trial of one Ahmadu Ali, also known as ‘Baba 90’, now 62-years-old over alleged defilement. While being led in evidence by the lead state prosecutor, Mr Babajide Boye, the student told the court that she was accosted, taken to an uncompleted building and defiled by Ali in February 2017. “My grandmother sent me on an errand to give my sister a sanitary towel.While returning home, Baba 90 carried me into an uncompleted building. I know him, he used to buy things from our shop. “He removed my skirt and my pant and he removed his own knickers too and he put his penis into my bum-bum (vagina) and he told me that if I told anybody, he will kill me. “He closed my mouth with his hand; this is the second time he was doing it, the...

44-year-old father, Kabiru Oke, and his 19-year-old son, Faruq, have been arrested for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 13-year old girl at No 1 Olatikupo Street, Egbeda, Lagos, where the victim lived with them. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Bala Elkana, said, on March 27, 2019, the Command’s Gender Unit received a complaint of defilement of a minor reported by the mother against the husband of her elder sister and his son. “The victim lived with the perpetrators for a couple of years. The affairs between the minor and Kabiru started on 20th October, 2018, with the suspect having constant sexual intercourse with her. However, Faruq started having unlawful carnal knowledge of the same minor on 10th January 2019. The suspects have constantly threatened to kill the victim if she ever tells anybody about the affairs,” he said. According to Elkana, the girl exposed them when her mother suspected some changes in her and discovered that she was pregnant. The suspects...

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a bricklayer, Idowu Ismail Gbolahan, 30, to life imprisonment for defiling a 7-year old girl (names withheld). Justice Abiola Soladoye of found Gbolahan guilty of the offence of defilement of his niece. The trial judge sentenced him to life imprisonment following his guilty plea to lone count charge of defilement brought against him by the Lagos State government after arraignment. He was said to have defiled the seven year old girl, his niece, when she went to visit her grandmother at No 50 Maroko Road, Shomolu, Lagos on August 11, 2018. The prosecution Mrs. Fehinti Ogbemudia told the court that the defendant carried the victim from her grandmother’s room where she went to drink water. According to her: “The defendant suddenly carried the victim to his room and shut the door. “He removed her pant and had sexual intercourse with her. “The victim’s scream attracted a neighbour, one Ukfot Esther, who led the rescue o...

We met Ochanya Samson yesterday evening, 17years of age from Benue State. Seriously molested by a man who called on her and she refused to go, she almost lost an eye. Now we were together with Godsent M. Sadoh when we saw her entering the hospital. An orphan with no mother and father, her uncles drove her away because of her character, that version of the story was told to us after I got her treated yesterday. Now she lives with a woman who has also decided to send her away because she is scared of Ochanya's uncles. This girl has gone through rape, eventually had to go into prostitution just to survive and just when she made up her mind to quit, this happened to her. 10minutes ago, I got a call from the woman giving her shelter telling me a shocking story. Ochanya had a baby when she was 15 and her uncles who threw her away took her to Aba and sold the baby for 500,000naira and took the money from her. Returning to Abuja, they got a house, same house they live now and they sent Och...

"At the conclusion of the trial, the first defaulter, Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan, was found guilty of discreditable conduct by acting in a manner prejudicial to discipline and unbecoming of members of the force by shooting and killing Kolade Johnson; Unlawful and Unnecessary exercise of authority by using unnecessary violence, by using AK 47 rifle on the deceased in total neglect to the provisions of Force Order 237 on the use of Firearms.” The Lagos State Police Command has announced the dismissal of Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan, the policeman who allegedly shot and killed Kolade Johnson on Sunday. He has also been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Panti, for prosecution in conventional Court. According to Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police and Public Relations Officer of the Police in Lagos, the decision to dismiss Olalekan was reached after a four-day orderly trial that began on Monday and ended on Thursday. “The two police officers alleged...

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered that a Christian cleric, Daniel Chukwu, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl should be kept at the Kirikiri Prisons. Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi, remanded Chukwu, pending advice from the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP). Consequently, the court did not take the plea of the defendant. Osunsanmi adjourned the case until May 6 for a mention. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chukwu, who resides on Omoeda Street, Ijegun in Ikorodu, Lagos, was charged with child defilement. The Prosecutor, Insp. Raphael Donny alleged that the defendant committed the offence on March 20 on Omodiagi Street, Ijegun, Ikorodu. He submitted that the defendant defiled the girl in his wife’s shop. “The victim came to Chukwu’s wife’s shop to buy a recharge card; he held the girl’s hand, kissed her, pulled her pant and sexually assaulted her. The girl’s mother reported the case and the defendant was arrested,” the prosecutor said. He...

Exactly 32 years ago today, the notorious bandit who terrorised Benin City and old Bendel State the 80s , Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini  A.K.A. "Ovbigbo" or "the Law" and some members of his gang were  executed by firing squad after being convicted by the defunct Bendel Armed Robbery and Firearms Tribunal presided over by Justice James Omo-Agege     Anini was born in a village about 20 miles from Benin City in present-day Edo State. He migrated to Benin at an early age, learned to drive and became a skilled taxi driver. Anini became known in Benin motor parks as a man who could control the varied competing interests among motor park touts and operators. He later dived into the criminal business in the city and soon became a driver and transporter for gangs, criminal godfathers and thieves. Later on, he decided to create his own gang which included, Monday Osunbor, Friday Ofege, Smallie ,Henry Ekponwan, Eweka and Alhaji Zed Zed or Zegezege who was never capture...