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  • Man docked over alleged attempt to defile toddler

    A 25-year-old man, Ashofo Monday, was on Tuesday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun over alleged attempt to defile a toddler.

    Monday, who lives at No. 23, Ogundele St., Iyana-Iyesi in Ota, is facing a count charge of attempted defilement.

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    The Prosecutor, Insp. Rosemary Samson, told the court that the accused attempted to defile a three-year-old girl at 3.30p.m. on Nov. 4  at his residence.

    Samson said that the accused attempted to defile the toddler by ejaculating on her laps.

    She said that the accused was caught in the act by his neighbour, who reported the case at the Onipanu Police Station, Lagos.

    Gbesi said that the offence contravened Section 360 of the Criminal Code, Law of Ogun, 2006.

    The Magistrate, Mrs B. S. Abdulsalam, granted the accused N500, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

    Abdulsalam ordered that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to Ogun Government.

    She adjourned the case until Nov. 19 for further hearing.

    NAN

     

  • Man, 56, remanded for alleged attempt to defile 110-year-old woman

    A 56-year-old man, Abraham Benjamin, has been remanded in prison for allegedly attempting to defile a 110-year-old woman.

    An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State, presided over by Mrs. Taiwo Ajibade, is trying to find out why the suspect allegedly attempted to defile the old woman.

    She ruled that the accused be kept behind bars pending receipt of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Mrs. Ajibade said the case file should be duplicated and a copy sent to the DPP  for advice.

    Prosecutor Caleb Leranmo told the court the accused allegedly committed the offence on April 30 at 12, Igbehin Street, Ado-Ekiti.

    He alleged the accused attempted to defile the centenarian in her home before she was rescued by a good Samaritan.

    The offence, according to Leranmo, contravened Section 359 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State 2012.

    The magistrate adjourned the case till May 22 for mention.

  • Four men ‘defile’ colleagues’ two daughters

    Four employees of Kazmus Nigeria Ltd were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court for allegedly defiling two daughters of their colleague. The girls are three and five years old

    The defendants are a driver, Ojo Taiye, 35; a security guard, John Mohasan, 24; a tiler, Peter Arabo, 33, and another driver, Adenekan Adedeji, 40.

    They were arraigned before Justice Sybil Nwaka on a three-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.

    They pleaded not guilty.

    Prosecuting counsel Ms I. Solarin  alleged that the defendants committed the offences in November 2015 at their workplace on Fagba-Iju Road, Agege.

    Solarin said: “The defendants on different occasions defiled the sisters by having sexual intercourse with them.

    “They also on different occasions sexually assaulted the older sister who is five-years old by penetrating her mouth with their manhood’’.

    According her, the children who are nursery and primary school pupils spent time at their father’s workplace after school hours. The defendants and other members of staff usually babysit the kids, while their father worked.

    She said the defendants defiled the girls when they were alone with the sisters.

    The prosecutor said the three-year-old girl told their father what happened when she started having pains in her private parts.

    The father, on further enquiries, found out that his older daughter was also defiled by his colleagues.

    According to the prosecutor, the offences violated Sections 137 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    Justice Nwaka ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody.

    She adjourned till April 27.

  • Eight men ‘defile’ girl, 13

    A 13-year-old girl, allegedly defiled by eight men, including an Imam, is said to be five months pregnant with twins.

    The incident occurred in Kubau Local Government of Kaduna State.

    Head of Arridah Foundation, Hajiya Rabi Salisu, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend said the foundation would mobilise support and follow up the case in court “until justice is done.”

    NAN learnt that the Imam is a neighbour of the girl’s parents.

    Rabi said: “We have received the case, and I must say in our years of advocacy during which we have treated over 400 cases of rape and child abuses, we have never come across this type of inhumanity.

    “It is devastating to see eight men defiling a 13-year-old. She is pregnant. Her parents are threatening to abort the twins to avert embarrassment.

    “She may be exposed to HIV/AID or sexually transmitted diseases and other dangerous infections as a result of the forced sex by eight men.

    “We need justice for this girl. This is why we need the support of Kaduna State government, human right organisations and religious leaders to intervene and give the poor child succour.”

    The girl’s father, Mu’azu Shittu, said he had taken the case to the Upper Sharia Court in Ikara.

    He said he contemplated abortion, but was advised against it.

    “She is too young to be carrying twins and there is no one among the rapists who is ready to take responsibility for the pregnancy,” Shittu said.

    The girl said the men usually gave her N500 and warned her not to tell anybody.

    “They always gave me N500 whenever I returned from school and hawked. They forced me into it.

    “They warned me not to tell my parents. They vowed to kill me if I did. That was why I refused to tell my parents. I was so afraid,” she added.

  • Man, defile 3 year old girl

    Lateef Raheem, 55, charged with defiling a 3-year-old girl, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

    Raheem, a commercial motorcycle rider, who was charged for defilement, pleaded not guilty.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Omisakin, said that the offence was committed on Feb. 21 at about 2.30p.m. at No. 4, Ekesra St., Etigbin, Shibiri, a suburb of Lagos state.

    Omisakin told the court that the toddler’s mother, a roadside food vendor, whose shop was adjacent Raheem’s house, said that the accused inserted his fingers into the victim’s private part.

    “The toddler complained of pains in her private part when she was being bathed.

    “When she was questioned, she told her mother that it was the ”baba” that drives motorcycle,” the prosecutor quoted the mother as saying.

    Omisakin said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr A.T. Elias, granted the accused N250, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

    Elias said one of the sureties must be a community leader while the other should be a senior civil servant.

    He said that the sureties must show evidence of payment of tax to Lagos state government.

    The magistrate adjourned the case till March 29 for legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecution

     

  • Carpenter in court for attempting to defile a minor

    A 37-year-old carpenter, Abdullah Oseni, who allegedly assaulted a minor by attempting to defile her, was yesterday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

    Oseni is facing a two-count charge of attempt to commit sexual assault and escape from custody.

    Prosecuting Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, said the offence were committed on May 19 at the residence of the accused.

    Aigbokhan said that the accused locked the victim – a two-year-old neighbour’s daughter – in his room and was fingering her when her mother caught him.

    “The accused was arrested, but he ran away from police custody,” he said.

    He said that the accused was re-arrested from his hideout by the police.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias granted the accused N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

    Elias adjourned the case till June 22 for mention.

  • 14-year-old teenager remanded for defiling minor

    14-year-old teenager remanded for defiling minor

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 14-year-old teenager (names withheld) at the Boys Correctional Centre, Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, for allegedly raping a five-year-old daughter of his neighbour.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, who remanded the accused, over the alleged defilement, then adjourned the case to March 23, to listen to the accused’s bail application.

    The accused, a student, who lives with his parents at 2, Kao Close, Santos Estate, Dopemu, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement.

    The prosecutor, Benedict Aigbokhan, said the accused committed the offence on Feb. 4, at his residence’s toilet.

    “One of the neighbours, who heard the cry of the girl, had to rush into the toilet where he apprehended the accused,” the prosecutor told the court.

    The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 137 prescribes that any person who has sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

  • Man docked for defiling minor

    Man docked for defiling minor

    An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday remanded a 41-year-old man, Yusuf Garuba, in prison custody for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl.

    Garuba, who resides at No. 29 Adura St., Ijaye, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried on a charge of defilement.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Rosemary Samson, told the court that the accused had an unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl at No. 4, Ajayi St., Ota, Ogun.

    He said that the offence contravened Sections 215 and 249 of the Criminal Code, Revised Law of Ogun, 2006.

    The Magistrate, Miss Temitope Adebutu, ordered that the accused should be remanded in prison custody pending the advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Adebutu, however, adjourned the case till Dec. 4 for mention.

  • ‘My father had sex with me to confirm my virginity’

    ‘My father had sex with me to confirm my virginity’

    • It’s devil’s work, says dad

     

    A 14-year-old girl has told the police how her father, Waheed Adeboye, 49, defiled her in their Ikorodu, Lagos home.

    She alleged that her father, who is now being detained at the Zonal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (ZSARS) Onikan, Lagos,  first had carnal knowledge of her in November 2014. “He had carnal knowledge of me again on March 5, this year,” she added.

    The victim, a Senior Secondary 1 pupil at Aro Isiode Grammar School in Ikorodu, Lagos, said: “We live in a face-me-I-face-you house in the Adamuo area of Ikorodu. My mother is late. We are four – my brother, two sisters and I. My father was formerly working at the National Open University (NOUN) but now works at a sawmill at Ikorodu. He left our family when I was three years old and he returned when my mother died.

    “In 2014, he used to check my private parts to find out if I had started menstruating. His second wife had already left him. One Saturday, I was sleeping alone on the floor in our one-room apartment; he removed my wrapper and lay with me on the ground while touching my private part with his finger.

    “Later, he asked me whether anybody had tested it and I said no. He said he would use his manhood to confirm. He removed my under-wear and wore a condom. He forced his manhood into me. I wanted to scream, but he held my mouth. After having fun with me, I bled profusely and felt weak.

    “I was angry with him because he is my father, but he warned me not to tell anybody. Sometimes he would ask me why I was browsing with my phone and when, attempted to explain to him, he would hold me and have fun with me. I felt humiliated and went to a church where I narrated my problem. The church brought me here for police attention.

    “He drinks a lot and womanises with prostitutes and other women outside marriage.”

    Adeboye, who sells planks in Ikorodu, said the victim’s mother died in 2007, adding: “I was arrested by the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) for raping my daughter. They beat me silly and carried me to a church. The church then brought me to Zone II SARS.

    “It is devil work. I did not drink. Please my daughter, if I have offended you, forgive me. I am your father,” he pleaded.

    Zone II Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Shem Olorunfemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said the matter was reported to the police on May 20.

    The case, he said, was transferred to ZSARS following a petition by a church. This, he said, led to the suspect’s arrest on May 21.

    Olorunfemi said a medical report and police investigations showed that the suspect defiled his daughter, adding that he would be charged to court after investigations.