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  • Boy charged with defiling girl, 3

    A teenage boy, Emmanuel Gabriel, who allegedly defiled a three-year-old girl, is facing trial at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    Gabriel, 18, a cleaner, who resides at Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, was arraigned for child defilement.

    Inspector Clifford Ogu, the prosecutor, told the court that the offence was committed on July 25 at Air Force Primary School, Shasha, Lagos.

    Ogu said the accused, who is a cleaner in the school of the minor, was caught by one of the teachers.

    “He was caught when he was busy fingering the minor.

    “The accused ran away since then and efforts by the police to arrest him proved abortive until he was apprehended at his friend’s house,” he said.

    The offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    Chief Magistrate Taiwo Akanni granted the accused N250,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum and adjourned the case until September 20 for mention.

  • Teenage boy faces break-in, robbery charges in Lagos

    Teenage boy faces break-in, robbery charges in Lagos

    A teenager, Elijah Daramola, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos charged with robbery and breaking into a house in the wee-hours of the day.

    The 18-year-old is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and robbery.

    Magistrate Bola Folarin-Williams directed that the plea of the accused be taken and quashed the remand order brought by the police.

    She granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 19 at 4.00 a.m. at No. 33/35, Modele St., Surulere.

    He told the court that the accused, armed with gun and other dangerous weapons, broke into the residence of the complainant, Oluyinka Olumide and stole property worth thousands of naira.

    He listed items allegedly stolen by Daramola as one Hp laptop valued at N70, 000, one Toshiba laptop valued at N50, 000, one iPhone6 valued at N160, 000 and a Samsung smart phone valued at N40, 000.

    Others are a Nokia phone, two Itel phones and a smart phone valued at N140, 000.

    Iseghede also alleged that the accused stole two gold rings and a wedding band, a driving licence, seven ATM cards, N60, 000 and 300 dollars, all belonging to Oluyinka Olumide.

    The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravened Sections 297, 307 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    The case has been adjourned until Aug. 24 for mention. (NAN)

  • Alleged maltreatment: Govt rescues boy from parents

    An 11-year old boy, Master Chibuike Alexander Unegbu, has been  rescued from his parents and handed over to Federal Capital Territory Administration’s (FCTA) Social Development Secretariat (SDS).

    The long journey to Chibuike’s rescue commenced when a concerned resident placed a call to the FCTA Call Centre, complaining that young Chibuike’s human rights were being trampled upon by his own parents.

    According to the anonymous caller, for many years, Chibuike was being locked up in his parents’ house, with all doors padlocked whenever they were not around; adding that unlike the couple’s other two younger kids, he (Chibuike) never went out with the parents to anywhere, including church and that he was not in school.

    Investigation revealed that persistent efforts by a combined team of the Nigeria Police (Lugbe Division) and the FCT Administration who paid several unsuccessful visits to the house in Lubge to save Chibuike finally paid off last week when they met his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ifeoma Chinasa Okwu and invited them to Lugbe Police station for questioning.

    Acting Director, Gender, Social Development Secretariat, Mrs. Agnes Hart while speaking with newsman on the development stated that the Secretariat confirmed the allegations through the Call Centre that: “a child somewhere in Lugbe was being locked in the house without care. That he is not taken out whenever the family is going out. They don’t take the child either to church or out anywhere.”

    Mrs. Hart went on: “And we felt very concerned that this shouldn’t be happening in the FCT. This is a very serious form of abuse so we contacted the Nigeria Police in Lugbe who kept on promising us to do something about it but because we have the best interest of this child, we decided that we would bring the child and the family together.”

    She revealed that the FCT has Child Rights Act which enables it to arrest or take such cases very seriously, warning that the FCT Administration would not take such abuses lightly.

    “If you are a biological mother and you are molesting the child in anyway, we won’t take it lightly. So am sounding a note of warning to all parents, if you have intention of wanting to maltreat a child in FCT, it won’t be tolerated. We have the best interest of the child at heart. This is a clear form of abuse and we will not tolerate it in the FCT,” she warned.

    Mrs. Okorie, while responding to the allegations expressed shock and added that she and her husband was giving Chibuike and the others children the best they could without segregation.

    “Am surprised that it is termed that am neglecting my child, the child I had when I was in school. I am a proud mother and nobody loves my child more than me. It is not true at all that am neglecting my son, I love him. I got pregnant for a boy who promised to marry me while in 200 levels at the University of Ibadan, but he later denied it. I went home with the pregnancy and my mother sent me out of the house that I should take the pregnancy to the boy.

    “I took the pregnancy to Ukgiwe, Imo state, to stay with the boy’s parents for one year, where I gave birth to the boy (Chibuike). When he was six months old, I came back to stay with my Mum, because I was tired of staying in the village. I started doing jobs and I was able to save for my UTME form which I took and my name was first on the list in the English Department, Nassarawa State University,” she explained.

    While sobbing, with tears rolling down her face uncontrollably, the seven-month old pregnant Mrs Okorie disclosed: “I took him to class back then in the University, where everyone knew me and my son. I came out the best in my Department. For someone to tell me am ashamed of my son is not true at all”.

    She also revealed that when she was redeployed to Imo state from Jigawa State for her NYSC, she registered her son in Bright Way International School, Keffi, but had to take him out in the first term due to high fees which she could not afford, and “my husband was not finding things easy.”

    Mrs. Okorie had no reply when the Gender Director sought to know why she did not take the son to a public school which was affordable, instead of keeping him out of school for two terms.

    It was gathered that Chubuike Alexander Unegbu is a step son to Chinasa Okwu Okoie.

    In a related development, an abandoned five-year old child  who gave his name as Sheriff Ibrahim, was rescued and kept in the same Lubge Police Station.

    According to the police, Ibrahim was taken to the station by a roadside roasted meat seller, popularly known as maisuya, who explained that his mother bought N200 suya at his stand last week Sunday, promised to be back soon to pick him up but she never turned up.

    Anyone with information on how to reunite Sheriff Ibrahim with his parents should contact the DPO, Lugbe Police Station, Tunde K. Osuman on 08036017227 or 08056596330

  • Boy, 18, arraigned for ‘belonging to Badoo’

    An 18-year-old boy, Fred Minima, was yesterday arraigned at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly belonging to a dreaded cult, Badoo.

    Minima, who lives at Akala in Mushin, is facing a three-count charge of attempted kidnap, belonging to an unlawful society and stealing.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    But police prosecutor Maria Dauda insisted he committed the offences on July 26 at 11:10 a.m. at 25, Akinola Street, Mushin.

    Dauda said the accused, who had the logo of the cult on his left hand, allegedly entered the premises of a nursery and primary school in Mushin with the intention to kidnap pupils.

    He said the accused stole phones before he attracted the pupils.

    “He was caught by the security guard, who handed him over to the police.’’

    The offences contravened sections 21, 42 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (revised).

    The Magistrate, Mrs. O.O.A. Fowewe-Erusiafe, granted the accused bail at N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till August 29 for mention.

  • Boy, 10 , two others die in Warri church

    Three persons died at the weekend  in the premises of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries, on the outskirts of Warri metropolis, Delta State.

    The three, including 10 year-old Emmanuel Odili, who reportedly went to the church see his mother who was in the church for prayers, died under mysterious circumstances.

    According to sources, Odili had been declared missing within the church’s premises by his family members on Friday, only for his body  to be found floating on Saturday in a deep pit in the church premises.

    His body was recovered by church officials and immediately deposited at a morgue and the incident later reported at the Ebrumede Police Station, Effurun, Uvwie council area of the state.

    A police source, who was around while the case was being filed, hinted that there was a disagreement in the accounts of the church and the deceased boy’s family concerning the state of his health prior to his sudden death; while the church claimed he was mentally ill, his family said he arrived the church sane and healthy until his disappearance, adding that he only stepped into the church’s premises to visit his mother who was there for prayers.

    As the drama around the boy’s mysterious death was unfolding at the police station, two other deaths were reported at the police station, involving Mrs. Beatrice Nwachukwu, from Imo State, and Antonio Abba, from Kano State,  who were said to have died during deliverance session on Saturday.

    “While the matter of the boy was still being sorted out, people run down to the police station to report the sudden collapse and death of the woman, Mrs. Nwachukwu. I later heard that some others later came to report of another death of the man from Kano, Antonio. They said they died at different intervals on Saturday during prayer sessions.

    “They were trying to link Mrs.  Nwachukwu’s death to a high blood pressure, but her husband claimed nothing was wrong with his wife before they arrived the church”, the police source revealed.

    Efforts to reach the General-Overseer of the Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministries, Prophet Jeremiah Omoto-Fufeyin, for comment were unsuccessful as his mobile phone number could not be reached.

    The spokesman of the church, Godday Emiko, denied the incidents. In a text message he sent to The Nation, he said:” Sorry, l saw your missed calls, there is nothing like that”.

    The Delta State Police Command has, however, confirmed the development. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Andrew Aniamaka (DSP), said the command had been informed of the development, adding that investigations were already on.

    “Three people actually died, we heard one was through drowning. The other two also died in the church. Investigations are ongoing”, Aniamaka said.

     

  • Three hospital workers held over boy’s death

    Three hospital workers held over boy’s death

    Three workers with an hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, have been arrested over the death of a 14-year-old boy, Tobi Bakare, the police said yesterday.

    Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence (SCIID), Bolaji Salami said a case of criminal negligence has been established against the hospital.

    Those arrested, he said, would also be charged to court.

    The suspects are being held at the SCIID at Panti, Yaba.

    The police will also conduct an autopsy in the body of Tobi which his parents have reportedly refused to collect from the hospital.

    Salami said: “We established a case of criminal negligence against them. Three people have been arrested in connection with the issue. We found out that they did not administer oxygen on the teenager as when due.

    “They first brought an empty cylinder and later, they brought a leaked, plastered cylinder which they put on the boy.

    “The suspects are those who were on duty and they would be charged to court.”

    Tobi, an only child was admitted at the Allen Avenue, Ikeja-based hospital on June 10, after he ran temperature.

    According to his mum, Mrs. Stella Bakare, he would have been alive if the hospital had administered oxygen on him as when due.

    She accused the hospital of placing the teenager on empty and plastered oxygen cylinder, which he choked on.

    Mrs Bakare said the hospital staff on night duty on June 12 refused to listen to her request that another oxygen be brought when she observed the one her son was on was almost finished.

     

  • Pastor, friend ‘behead’ boy, 7

    Pastor, friend ‘behead’ boy, 7

    •Suspects bury head in altar

    The police yesterday arrested two persons for allegedly beheading a seven-year-old boy and burying the head in a church altar in Ikorodu, Lagos.

    One of the suspects, Adedoyin Oyekan, is said to be a pastor. The other whose name was simply given as Eric was described as the boy’s father’s friend.

    The police saved the suspects from being lynched by a mob.

    Eric was said to have abducted the boy who was left in his care by the father on Wednesday.

    He allegedly took the child to the pastor’s church where they allegedly beheaded him between 2am and 4am yesterday.

    When the father came back for his son Eric, claimed he had sent the boy home.

    The father was said to have reported the matter at Shagamu Police Station, prompting an investigation.

    According to a resident, the police clamped down on Eric, who allegedly led detectives to the pastor’s place where the child’s head was buried.

    The source said: “A little boy was beheaded. He’s about seven years. His father’s friend took him out to an unknown pastor around Odogunyan Ikorodu, who has reportedly fled.

    “The boy’s father asked his friend where his son was and he responded that he has already left him to come back home, which was a lie. They killed the boy and beheaded him between 2am and 4am. They buried his head underneath the altar of the pastor’s church.

    “The father’s friend was arrested then he confessed what they did with the boy. They exhumed the head and brought them all to the station. At the station they said the police said they were waiting for the Commissioner.”

    It was gathered that some residents stormed the police station, threating to mob the suspects.

    They destroyed a part of its perimeter fence and threating to set the station ablaze if the suspects were not released to them.

    The command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said the suspects were apprehended by some patrolling policemen.

    He said the policemen clamped down on Eric whose confession led to the pastor’s arrest and the recovery of the boy’s body.

    He said: “On investigation one of the suspects, Eric confessed to the crime. He led a team of policemen to Odokekere/Odogunyan to apprehend Oyekan, who later led the team to where the seven-year-old boy was beheaded and his head buried.

    “They hid the body inside a canal. The two suspects involved have been arrested and the body and the head of the boy were brought to the station. Investigation has commenced and the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland.”

  • Boy, 20, commits suicide after being accused of stealing

    The people of Isu community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State   are in shock over a 20-year-old, Chidi Nwauwa, who committed suicide.

    His remains dangled on the tree at the back of the compound.

    A resident, Mr. Chikanwa Nweke, said the late Nwauwa committed the suicide after his elder brother accused him of stealing N4, 000.

    He noted that community members were not happy on how he ended his life and had resolved that his body should be thrown inside the forest.

    He said: “The community said it is a taboo and abomination for a young man like the late Nwauwa to take his life when he still have parents and brothers who are older than him. They protested that he should not be buried but to be thrown inside the forest.

    “But we thank the community that they later allowed us to bury him. It was just a minor argument after he was accused of stealing money which was just N4,000 but we were surprised when we saw his lifeless body on the tree.”

     

  • Boy in court over alleged burglary

    Boy in court over alleged burglary

    A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly burgled a residence and stole rice and jewellery valued at N275,000 was on Wednesday appeared at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

    The accused (name withheld), who resides at Agege, a suburb of Lagos is charged with burglary and stealing.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the offences were committed on April 10, 2017, at 6, Oloko Lane, Agege, Lagos.

    Donny said that the accused burgled the residence of late Alhaja Afusat Amao to steal.

    “The accused stole half bag of rice and gold jewellery all valued at N275, 000, property of the late woman, who died few weeks ago.

    “The accused was apprehended by the members of the vigilance group in the area and he was brought to the police station,” he said.

    He told the court that the offences contravened Sections 278 and 307 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100, 000, with two sureties in like sum.

    Abegunde adjourned the case until May 31.

  • Boy, 13, disappears

    Boy, 13, disappears

    A pupil of Command Secondary School, Otelemate Duke Mukoro, has been declared missing. The 13-year-old was last seen on April 15. All efforts to locate him have proved abortive. Anyone with useful information can contact his mother on 08034223524.