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  • Man jailed after removing condom during sex without consent

    Man jailed after removing condom during sex without consent

    A man has been jailed for four years and three months in a rare conviction for “stealthing” – taking a condom off during sex without consent.

    Guy Mukendi, 39, from Brixton, was sentenced on Thursday at inner London crown court for the rape of a woman last year. The woman had consented to sex with Mukendi on the condition a condom was used, but he removed it without her consent.

    Nonconsensual condom removal is classified as rape under separate laws applying in the UK nations.

    Metropolitan police officers worked with the victim in a “milestone case” to obtain screenshots of messages from Mukendi in which he apologised for taking the condom off, explaining it was because he had not had sex in a long time. He then deleted the messages.

    Officers also gathered forensic evidence with the help of the victim. The evidence helped to secure the conviction of Mukendi, who was found guilty by a jury on 2 April.

    DC Jack Earl, who led the investigation, said: “Throughout this investigation Mukendi denied any wrongdoing, but our officers built a compelling case against him to leave no doubt in the jury’s mind.

    “We were dedicated to securing justice for the victim and will continue to raise awareness that this crime is a form of rape.

    “The victim did the right thing to call the police straight away and her bravery should not be overshadowed. If you have been a victim of sexual violence and not yet reported it, please contact your local police service and we will do all that we can to help and bring you justice.”

    The Met said prosecutions for stealthing were “very rare due to under-reporting”.

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    The first successful conviction in England and Wales was in 2019 when Lee Hogben, from Bournemouth, was jailed for 12 years for the rape of a sex worker. She had given consent beforehand for sexual intercourse on the condition a condom was used, and this condition was also stated on her website.

    The first conviction in Scotland occurred last year when Luke Ford was handed a condom in bed by a woman whom he was dating and who had told him he had to use protection. He later told her that he had not used the condom. It was one of 18 offences against women for which Ford was found guilty.

    The prevalence of stealthing in the UK is not known but a 2018 survey of patients at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia, found that a third of women and a fifth of men who had sex with men had experienced stealthing. Only 1% had reported it to the police.

    Under the England and Wales Sexual Offences Act 2003, “a person consents if he [or she] agrees by choice, and has the freedom and capacity to make that choice” and consent is not deemed to have been given if “the defendant intentionally deceived the complainant as to the nature or purpose of the relevant act”.  

  • Man jailed 10 years for scamming Muslim pilgrims of N7.5m

    Man jailed 10 years for scamming Muslim pilgrims of N7.5m

    Justice Oyindamola Ogala of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced Alhaji Sharafadeen Irorun to 10 years’ imprisonment for scamming Muslim pilgrims of N7.5million.

    Justice Ogala had on April 29, 2024 found Irorun guilty on four out of a 12-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and stealing brought against him by the Lagos State Government.

    The  trial judge held that the prosecution had established that the defendant and others who are at large are a criminal group and convicted Irorun on counts 1, 2, 5 and 6.

    She said: “The defendant and others who are at large, are a criminal group who unwittingly dispossessed innocent persons of their money under the pretext of helping them undergo the Hajj pilgrimage.”

    The judge convicted him on Section 312, 285 (9) (b) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.

    However, while sentencing the convict yesterday, the judge held that the convict obtained by false presence and stealing.

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    She, therefore, sentenced him to 10 years’ imprisonment and ordered that the prison term should commence from June 6, 2022.

    During trial, the prosecution counsel, Mr. O. A. Azeez, called three witnesses which included one of the nominal complainant who contributed the money which the third prosecution witness (PW3), Alhaji Lukman Abdulkareem, gave to the defendant.

    The judge found that the PW1 and PW2 had no direct involvement with the defendant but supported the evidence of the PW3 who was involved with the defendant and whose evidence she called “succinct and direct.”

    She said: “It is also clear to the court that the evidence of PW1 and PW2 are fair, consistent to the case and indeed corroborate the evidence of the PW3.”

  • Man jailed four years for killing wife

    Man jailed four years for killing wife

    A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo yesterday sentenced Ayedun Makanjuola to four years imprisonment for running over and killing his wife, Adenike.

    The Commissioner of Police charged Makanjuola with culpable homicide.

    Justice Angela Otaluka held that the deceased’s act was provocative when she threw her husband’s food, and when she threw a stone at the rear windscreen of his car while he tried to drive out.

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    Justice Otaluka said she did not consider Makanjuola reversing his car as a retaliation but as a loss of control of his feelings.

    “It was not a deliberate action but sudden, the prosecution has failed to prove the intent of the defendant but has proven the offence of culpable homicide. I find the defendant guilty of culpable homicide not punishable with death and convict him,” she said.

    The defence counsel, Kolade Adeboyega, told the court that the defendant is a responsible man and was planning a trip to bring their two children home with the deceased before the incident.

  • Man jailed 10 years for indecent treatment of child

    Man jailed 10 years for indecent treatment of child

    An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, John Owiku, to 10 years in prison for indecent treatment of a child and indecent practices.

    Justice Rahman Oshodi on Friday convicted the defendant, Owiku, after he had pleaded guilty to a two-count amended charge brought against him by the state.

    Justice Oshodi expressed his displeasure that the court had spent four years conducting a rape trial before the prosecutor, Amanda Demechi-Asagba and defence counsel, Peter Imhanguezogie, struck a plea bargain deal for the defendant.

    Owiku’s plea bargain with the state led to the amendment of the charge from an initial one-count charge of rape, contrary to Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015, to a two-count charge of indecent treatment of a child and indecent practices, contrary to Section 135 and 136 of the same law.

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    Justice Oshodi said while a defendant found guilty of violating Section 258 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 is liable to a sentence of life imprisonment, a violation of Sections 135 and 136 of the Lagos State Criminal Law bear a sentence of seven years and three years respectively.

    The judge asked the defendant whether he understood the contents of his guilty plea and the obligation of the court to give out the maximum sentences that both charges carry, and Owiku replied in the affirmative.

    Oshodi said: “I hereby convict the defendant under section 135 and 136 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015”

  • Vulcaniser jailed for life for defiling wife’s niece

    Vulcaniser jailed for life for defiling wife’s niece

    An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a 41-year-old vulcaniser, Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece.

    Justice Rahman Oshodi held that prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of defilement against Ibrahim.

    Oshodi held that the convict was a liar who tried to deny a statement he made, in which he confessed to have defiled the survivor (name withheld).

    He said: “Mr Wasiu Ibrahim, for sexual gratification, you violated the survivor after your wife returned home from a burial.

    “She had lived with you since she was 10, and called you daddy; yet, it did not deter you.

    “You threatened to beat her if she would tell anyone, after having sexual intercourse with her.

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    “She did not inform anyone until days later, after she was found crying at the back of a classroom at Estate Primary School, Ogba.”

    The judge said that Ibrahim should be ashamed and punished, as Lagos State had zero tolerance for sexual crimes.

    “The charge of defilement for which you have been found guilty carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.

    “I hereby sentence you to life imprisonment, and your name will be in the Sexual Offences Register as maintained by Lagos State,” Oshodi said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagos State Government, which prosecuted the case, presented three witnesses during the trial.

    They are the survivor, a school counsellor  and the investigating police officer.

    Ibrahim and two others testified for defence.

    According to the Lagos State Government, Ibrahim committed the offence on January 26, 2017, at No. 61, Abeokuta St, Ogba, Lagos State.

    NAN reports that child defilement contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

  • Microfinance Bank chief jailed four years for fraud

    The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced Integrated Microfinance Bank Ltd Managing Director Simon Ademola Akinteye to four years imprisonment for $166 million fraud.

    Justice Mojisola Olatoregun found him guilty of eight-count charge filed against him by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Federal Ministry of Justice.

    The judge sentenced Akinteye to four years on each of the counts, to run concurrently.

    She, however, gave the convict an option of N16million fine – N2 million on each count.

    Justice Olatoregun acquitted and discharged the convict’s co-accused, Gabriel Adepoju, who was charged with diverting over N22 million from the bank to Gad Press Ltd.

    The prosecution alleged that Akinteye recklessly approved credit facilities of $166 million and N33 million to Mrs. Temitope Muhammed Imam without collateral.

    Akinteye was said to have at different times withdrawn N11 million from the bank’s account and diverted it into his company account named Deblad Nigeria Ltd.

    He was also said to have unlawfully withdrawn $166 million and paid it into Imam’s account domiciled with Citi Bank in New York.

    Prosecuting counsel Mrs. Ndidi Glady Ezinwa-Ukuba said the offence was contrary to sections 18 (1)(a), 18(3) and 15(1)(a)(I) of Banks and other Financial Institution Act Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and punishable under sections 18(2) and 16(1)(a) of the same Act.

    Before their arraignment on May 18, 2016, the defendants’ lawyer, A. O. Sheriff, through a preliminary objection, urged the court to dismiss the charge.

    It was on the grounds that the defendants had earlier been acquitted and discharged by Justice Okon Abang on similar charges.

    But Justice Olatoregun dismissed the objection on the grounds that the facts in the charges were not the same.

     

  • Car wash attendant jailed one year

    An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court yesterday sentenced a car wash attendant, Abubakar Ibrahim, to one-year imprisonment for stealing a phone and other items worth N285, 000 from two customers’ cars.

    Magistrate I. A. Idowu convicted Ibrahim, 32, after he pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of stealing brought against him by the police.

    She sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment on each count, after listening to a review of the facts by prosecuting Sergeant Friday Mameh.

    The sentence will take effect from his date of arraignment and will run concurrently.

    Mameh told the court that Ibrahim committed the offences on November 20 at about 7am, at Block 9, Car Park, Obalende Police Barracks, Lagos.

    He said Ibrahim stole a laptop charger worth N100,000, N100, 000 cash kept inside a Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) marked RD 12 AB, brought by Mr. Goddy Osuji, for the convict to wash.

    The court heard that the convict also stole a Samsung phone worth N85, 000, belonging to another complainant, Mr. Mike Onaise.

    The prosecutor said the convict stole the items while washing the cars.

  • 22 Internet fraudsters jailed

    The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has secured conviction of 22 persons involved in yahoo yahoo (Internet fraud) within its operational base in the last one year.

    It said millions of naira were recovered from the Internet fraudsters, who wanted to reap where they did not sow.

    Head of the Benin Zone Mr. Mailafia Yakubu, who addressed reporters after a road walk to mark this year’s World Anti-Corruption Day, said other fraudsters would soon be convicted.

    He said the commission was working out modalities to curb vote-buying in the coming general election.

    Yakubu said the road walk was to stress the need for Nigerians to continue to draw attention to the ills of corruption and why they should collaborate in combating the menace.

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    He said: “Corruption and its twin evil, economic and financial crimes have ravaged our nation.

    “It is the bane of our development. It is the reason our power supply is epileptic. It is the reason our country is still touted as a potentially great nation even after many years of sovereign statehood.”

     

     

  • Truck dealer jailed three years for N1.6m theft

    An Igbosere High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a truck dealer, Okezie Ebele, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing N1.6 million.

    Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya convicted Ebele, following his plea of guilty to an amended one-count charge of stealing by conversion filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    “Do you know what it means to plead guilty?” the court registrar asked the defendant after he took his plea. Ebele nodded. “Yes, I do,” he said.

    Justice Ogunsanya held: “In view of the defendant’s plea and a review of the facts, the court finds the defendant guilty as charged.”

    The judge asked the convict if he had anything to say before his sentence.

    His counsel, Ikenna Ebelebe, offered an allocutus.

    Ebelebe said: “The defendant is a first time offender. He has two children, is the breadwinner of his family and he is also supporting his aged parents. He used to be very robust, but now he has become emaciated in prison custody. His business is in ruins. He has been in detention for more than 36 months. We propose that he be freed.”

    The judge noted that Ebele had already spent over three years in detention, following his arraignment on October 6, 2015 on two counts of stealing and issuance of a dud cheque.

    She told Ebele that the court was not restricted to the terms of the plea bargain deal he entered with the EFCC.

    “I’ve seen the plea bargain. The court is not bound by your plea bargain agreement. The defendant has spent over three years in prison. He is hereby sentenced to three years in prison with effect from October 6, 2015,” Justice Ogunsanya held.

    Earlier, the EFCC, through its counsel, Fadeke Giwa, filed the amended one-count charge against Ebele.

    Giwa told the judge that the commission amended the charge from two counts of stealing and issuance of a dud cheque brought against Ebele on October 6, 2015, to just stealing, following the plea bargain agreement.

    She said Ebele obtained N1.6million from a customer, Prisca Nene, in 2014, on the pretext of buying her a truck.

    The court heard that Ebele, with intent to defraud, stole and converted the money to his own use and never delivered the truck.

    Following a petition to the EFCC, Ebele paid back N350,000 to Nene.

    He also issued three Access Bank cheques to her to cover the balance, but the cheques were returned for lack of sufficient balance in his account.

    But, in the course of his trial on the former two-count charge, Ebele paid back the full sum.

  • Energy thieves must be jailed, govt urged

    The Federal Government should bring people who perpetrate energy crimes and related offences to book if it is really protecting the interest of consumers in the sector, the Consumer Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria  President, Mrs. Sola Salako-Ajulo, has said.

    She urged the government to prosecute such people and jail them  to serve as deterrent to others.

    Speaking during a stakeholders’ forum in Lagos,  Mrs Salako-Ajulo said the inability of the government to provide mechanisms that would ensure speedy trials of energy criminals is inhibiting the growth in the energy value chain.

    She said: “Until we start holding people, especially operators for their actions, theft and other untoward practices in the industry would continue. People must be made to face the consequences of their actions if electricity theft would be honestly checked in the sector. There should be penalties for offences such as meter by-passing, cable theft and others. When this happens, the vices would reduce.

    “People at the helm of affairs are fond of giving excuses when somebody does something wrong in the sector. We are fond of providing multiple solutions to problems, which in most cases are ineffective.“

    Mrs Salako-Ajulo chided the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) for not being alive to its responsibilities, stressing that the Commission has failed to monitor the operation as expected.

    According to him, the performance of NERC is tilted towards service providers such as the power generation companies (GenCos), power distribution companies (DisCos), gas providers and other operators, and not the consumers.

    The issue, she said, has rendered consumers helpless, as their metering needs are not well attended to by the DisCos.

    She said NERC’s Board must include people who understand the industry, noting that incompetent people when appointed to head sensitive offices in the sector perform badly.

    On metering, she applauded the government for introducing Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) to solve many of the problems of production and supply of meters in the country.

    Mrs Salako-Ajulo said the government would achieve its goal of reducing metering problems in the event that the meter asset providers are well monitored.

    She noted that the DisCos had conducted enumeration to determine the number of people that need meters and how they would meet their needs.