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  • Teacher bags life imprisonment for defiling with nine-year-old pupil

    Teacher bags life imprisonment for defiling with nine-year-old pupil

    The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice M. Osho Adebiyi, has sentenced a 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment, without the option of a fine, for committing sodomy with a nine-year-old pupil.

    The convict was the class teacher of the victim in one of the schools located in Kwali area of Abuja.

    According to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Abbas had after school hours on March 19, 2025 sent another pupil to call the victim from their home.

    The convict thereafter took the male victim down the street where he lived and raped him through the anus.

    The National Press Officer of NAPTIP, Vincent Adekoye, in a statement on Saturday, noted that the report indicated that despite the threat from the convict, the victim reported the incident to his mother, which led to his arrest by the police and referral of the case to NAPTIP.

    He was arraigned on two-count charge involving rape and sexual abuse, and was convicted last Wednesday.

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    Reacting to the development, Director General of NAPTIP, Binta Bello, commended the judiciary for the judgment and the support of all partners in the prosecution of the case and the offender’s conviction.

    She said: “This is a landmark judgment that carries the commensurable punishment for the offender. This will serve as a deterrent, and his name shall feature prominently in our sex offenders register.

    “I wish to say that the speedy investigation and arraignment of the convict is a testimony to our renewed commitment and determination to tackle the incidence of domestic violence, rape and other forms of sexual abuse in the country.

    “I thank the Judiciary for the judgment and the Nigeria Police for the inter-Agency collaboration on this case.”

  • Bricklayer gets life for defiling 13-year-old

    Bricklayer gets life for defiling 13-year-old

    Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye, to life imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room.

    The judge sentenced Awaye to life imprisonment on each of the two count charge brought against him by Lagos State Government.

    The state had charged the convict to court on a two-count bordering on defilement and sexual assault.

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    The prosecuting counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, said the convict committed the offences on June 2, 2021 at Agbawaye Street, Command, Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos.

    Delivering judgment, Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved the ingredients of the two-count charge against the convict.

  • Apprentice gets life for defiling employer’s nine-year-old daughter

    Apprentice gets life for defiling employer’s nine-year-old daughter

    Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday sentenced an apprentice, Godwin Ogboniya, to life imprisonment for sexually defiling his employer’s nine-year-old daughter.

    Ogboniya was arraigned before court on a  one-count charge of sexual assault by penetration of the minor by the state.

    Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice  Soladoye held that the prosecution has proved the elements of defilement against the convict beyond reasonable doubt.

    She said the convict, who had been living with the survivor’s father for three years, was an “unkind and unworthy employee who embarked on sexual frolicking with the nine-year old girl”.

    She held that the survivor recognised the defendant as her father’s apprentice who lived with them for three years.

    She also held that the nine-year old girl recognised the defendant in the dock as the man who sexually assaulted her on  several occasions when her parents were not home.

    “The survivor said and I quote ‘he helps my daddy when nobody is around, carries me to the toilet and asks me to ‘pee’, takes me back to the palour, puts his finger in my ‘bumbum’  and also puts his manhood  in my private parts’.

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    Justice Soladoye said having carefully review the evidence adduced before this court,  the survivor’s testimony was lucidly corroborated with that of other prosecution witnesses  which were equaly very compelling.

    The judge held that the defendant’s testimony that the survivor’s mother tried to seduce him, was self serving and his denial an afterthought which did not hold waters.

    According to the judge: “The investigative police officer, through whom the medical report was tendered, was very detailed, upright and diligent in her testimony.”

    Soladoye further said that she believed the evidence of all the prosecution witnesses as the exhibit tendered were self explanatory and spoke volumes.

    She asserted that proof of injury or rupture of hymen was not necessary in the case of sexual assault, as penetration, no matter how slight, was sufficient to prove the offence.

    “This defendant,  having been found guilty as charged for penetrating the vagina of the young victim, is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.”

    The judge ordered that the name of the convict be registered in the sexual offences register being maintained by the State.

    The Judge admonished parents and guardians to be watchful and not to entrust their children in the hands of irresponsible adults like the convict.

    State counsel, Ms Abolade said that the convict committed the offence between 2019 and 2021 on Ogbewi Street, Cele Egbe in Ikotun, Lagos.

    The prosecution submitted that the father of the survivor reported the case to the police, after the survivor summoned up courage to narrate her ordeals to him.

    During trial, the state counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade presented four witnesses while the  convict testified for himself.

  • Dad remanded for defiling 16-year-old daughter

    A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded in prison a 50-year-old man, Gafar Anifowose, accused of defiling his 16-year-old daughter.

    The police charged Anifowose with rape.

    Chief Magistrate K.B. Ayeye gave the order after the defendant pleaded not guilty.

    She adjourned till June 3.

    Prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Thomas Nurudeen alleged that the defendant, on March 3, at 5, Faniran Street, Ikorodu, Lagos, raped the girl.

    He added that Anifowose raped her twice and warned her not to tell anyone.

  • Court remands father for defiling 16-year-old daughter

    A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered that a 50-year-old man, Gafar Anifowose, accused of allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter, be remanded in prison.

    The police charged Anifowose, who resides in Ikorodu area of Lagos, with rape.

    Chief Magistrate Mrs K.B. Ayeye, gave the order after the defendant pleaded not guilty to raping his daughter.

    Magistrate Awe adjourned the case until June 3, for trial.

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    Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, ASP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the defendant, on March 3, at about 9 a.m. at No. 5, Faniran str., Ikorodu, Lagos, raped his 16-year-old daughter.

    He said that Anifowose raped his daughter twice and warned her not to tell anyone about what he did.

    The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sections 137 stipulates life imprisonment if convicted.

  • Fashion designer jailed 21 years for defiling neighbour’s daughter

    A Lagos State High Court in Igbosere yesterday sentenced a fashion designer, Ahmed Ayanyemi, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter.

    Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya convicted Ayanyemi after he entered a plea bargain agreement with the prosecution, the Lagos State Government, and pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of defilement.

    Before pronouncing judgment, Justice Ogunsanya asked the defendant if he had children.

    “Yes, my lord,” Ayanyemi said.

    Judge: “Is any of them a female?”

    “Yes, my lord”.

    Judge: “How would you have felt if someone had done what you did, to your daughter?”

    “I would feel bad.”

    Judge: “You see. I will only accept this plea bargain on one condition; that is as soon as you leave prison, you will never go back to that apartment and you will leave Lagos and go back to Modakeke in Osun State where you came from, and in Modakeke you will never commit this crime again.”

    “Yes, my lord.”

    The convict’s jail term takes effect from November 19, 2016, when he was remanded in prison custody, the judge said.

    Ayanyemi was first brought before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on October 26, 2016, on a two-count charge of having unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor.

    The police said the offence contravened Section 135(1) of the Criminal Law of Nigeria, 2011.

    Ayanyemi pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate F. Ikobayo admitted him to N500,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    Lagos State Government transferred the case to the high court after receiving a Director of Public Prosecutions’ (DPP’s) advice, which indicted Ayanyemi.

    The state re-arraigned him before Justice Ogunsanya on November 19, 2016.

    Prosecuting counsel Adebayo Haroun said Ayanyemi committed the offence about 7pm, on October 25, 2016, at his home, 61, Kaka Zone II, Ayobo, Lagos.

    The court heard that Ayanyemi, then 35, lured the minor into his room after putting on the generator and TV.

    He then sexually defiled her.

    “She was seen by her aunt as she came out of his room. Her aunt observed that she was walking abnormally and questioned her. After the minor narrated what happened, the matter was reported to the police, who arrested the defendant,” Haroun told the court.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

    The section reads: “Any person who has unlawful sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprisonment for life.”

    The defendant pleaded not guilty.

    But soon after trial began, Ayanyemi, through his counsel, Mr. I. Essien, indicated his intention to change his plea and seek a plea bargain.

  • Pastor remanded for ‘defiling’ twins

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded a 54-year-old pastor, Michael Olise, in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defiling 12-year-old twins.

    Olise, a friend to the twins’ father, is facing a two-count charge of child defilement before Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi.

    The defendant is said to be a pastor at Anointing Chosen Vessel, Governor’s Road, Ikotun, Lagos.

    Prosecuting police officer Raphael Dony said the defendant committed the offence last month at 2, Okanlawon Street, Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos.

    In the first count, Olise was alleged to have unlawfully defiled the first twin on November 15, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

    In the second count, he was said to have sometime in November unlawfully and sexually assaulted the second twin by fingering her, thereby commiting an offence contrary to Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

    The defendant was said to have committed the act in the house they all lived in. The girls live with their  parents.

    Olise was said to have perpetrated the act when the girls’ mother travelled out of the country and their father was at work.

    Magistrate Osunsanmi did not take the defendant’s plea.  The case continues on January 23.

  • Furniture maker jailed 50 years for defiling girl, 14

    An Ikeja Special Court for Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence yesterday sentenced  a 31-year old furniture maker, Sunday Salami to 50 years imprisonment for defiling   a 14-year-old girl.

    Justice Sybil Nwaka held that defilement was a serious offence which should not be treated with kid gloves.

    “In the court’s opinion, the victim recognized the defendant and she understood what he did to her and she was able to answer all the questions put to her while giving her evidence in the matter.

    “I hereby find the defendant guilty of the offence of defilement. The offence committed by the defendant carries a life sentence without an option of fine.

    “The defendant is hereby sentenced to 50 years imprisonment without an option of fine”, Justice Nwaka said.

    During the trial, the prosecutor, Mr Babajide Boye, said Salami, a furniture maker, who lives at 15, Oluseyi Street Bariga, committed the offence on May, 9 2017 at Ibrahim Street, Bariga.

    The prosecution said the convict forcefully pulled the survivor   into his shop and had   carnal knowledge of her, after which he pushed her out.

    Boye said the matter was reported at Bariga Police Station and the statements of the victim, her mother and the defendant were voluntarily taken.

    A doctor with Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) told the court that there were bruises on the victim’s body and her hymen was broken when the she examined.

    The doctor, said he did not expect to see sperm on the victim’s after 24-hours because she had taken her bath before the examination

    Led in defence by his counsel, Worer Oduagbaka, Salami said told he was on his way home after visiting a friend when he was arrested by the police.

    He denied defiling the survivor.

    Oduagbaka argued that the prosecution did not prove through a medical report that the defendant was capable of defiling the victim as he is impotent.

    But the prosecution countered that the defendant never established his impotence in his testimony.

    In his alocutus, Oduagbaka pleaded for leniency, urging the court to temper justice with mercy.

    “My Lord, the defendant is in the prime of his youth and he can still be useful to the society, if given a second chance. He has repented in the prison and he is now a born again Christian.

    “He now fasts and prays every day, that is why he is looking slimmer. We urge your Lordship to give him a light sentence.

  • Trader faces trial for ‘defiling’ seven-year-old girl

    An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos yesterday remanded a 22-year-old trader, Moses Austine, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl.

    Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi refused to take the plea of the accused and ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Austine, who lives at Itire, Lagos, is being tried for defilement.

    The Police prosecutor, Ezekiel Ayorinde, an Assistant Superintendent (ASP) told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 1 at his residence.

    He alleged that the accused unlawfully had canal knowledge of the girl when he discovered that her mother left for work.

    “The accused called the girl inside his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand. When the girl entered his room, he bolted his door and inserted his sex organ into her private parts and defiled her.

    “The mother of the girl came back from work and saw her daughter crying and she asked her what happened and she told her what the accused did to her.

    “The mother reported the case to the police and the accused was arrested,” the prosecutor said.

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

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Section prescribes life imprisonment for defilement.

    The case continues on July 9.

     

  • Police arrest father for defiling own daughter 

    Fifty-one-year-old Godwin Akpan has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly defiling his six-year-old daughter (names withheld).

    The suspect, a resident of Modupe Street, off Balogun Street, Ikeja, allegedly penetrated his daughter’s private part with his fingers.

    He was said to have brought the minor to Lagos from Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State in January, where the victim lived with her mother.

    The police said the victim’s mother is a farmer based in Akwa Ibom State.

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    According to Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal, Akpan’s incestuous behaviour was uncovered on May 23, after the victim refused to follow him home.

    Edgal said the man usually dropped off the minor with one Mama Winner of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) before going to work and picked her up later.

    “But on May 23, when the suspect came to take his daughter home, the minor refused to follow him. Asked why she did not want to go home with her father, the little girl narrated the sexual ordeal she was subjected to. The man blamed the devil for his action. Suspect would be charged to court.”