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  • Tension in Edo community over rape, killing of two women

    Tension in Edo community over rape, killing of two women

    There is tension in Ewu community, Esan Central local government area over last week killing of two elderly women by suspected herdsmen.

     

    The women were also found to have been raped before they were killed.

     

    Their bodies were found in their various farms by a search party when they did not return home.

     

    Names of the deceased were given as Christiana Ikheloa and Fatima Emoyon.

     

    Daughter of one of the deceased who gave her name as Patience Emoyon said cows were seen in the place where her mother’s corpse was found.

     

    She said her mother was found stone dead.

     

    Son of Christiana, Robert, said the person that picked his mother’s cell phone spoke Hausa language.

     

    He urged the state government to fish out the killers and rapists.

     

    Police spokesman, DSP Moses Nkombe, confirmed the incident but said he was not aware if any person has been arrested.

  • 20-year-old man held for ‘rape’

    20-year-old man held for ‘rape’

    The police in Ogun have arrested a 20-year-old man, Segun Olaseni for allegedly raping a minor.

    He was said to have sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl at 20, Eniola Street, New Life Estate, Ota on May 21.

    It was gathered that the suspect carried out the act when the victim’s father was at work.

    According to the police, the victim’s father reported the case at Sango Ota Division, which prompted detectives led by Akinsola Ogunwale, a Superintendent of Police (SP) to visit his 24, Eniola Street, New Life Estate residence.

    The police said he was arrested and that he confessed to the crime upon interrogation.

    Spokesman for the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said: “On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence. He claimed to have been closed to the family since their houses are not far from each other. He stated further that he met the girl alone in their living room and dragged her into her father’s bedroom, where he had sex with her.

    “Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the transfer of the case to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.

    “He appealed to members of the public to take their children’s welfare seriously to avoid their becoming easy preys in the hands of devilish people.”

     

  • Senate tasks IGP on upsurge in rape cases, sexual violence

    Senate tasks IGP on upsurge in rape cases, sexual violence

    Obviously worried by the upsurge in cases of rape and other sexual perversions in the land, the Senate has charged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to speed up investigation and prosecution of such cases.

    The lawmakers urged the police authorities to ensure diligent prosecution of all cases of sexual abuse, violation and violence in line with the provisions of extant laws.

    The Senate also mandated it’s Committees on Health, Women Affairs and Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to engage relevant stakeholders with a view to resolving pending cases of sexual violation across the country.

    In view of the trauma experienced by the victims, the senators further urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and paramilitary agencies to establish functional help desk to provide assistance and support to victims.

    The legislators also urged the courts to revisit the penalties prescribed for such offences, including domestic violence, with the view to giving offenders the appropriate and deserving punishment.

    The resolution followed a motion by the Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah on the urgent need to address the alarming rate of rape and assault cases against women, children and other vulnerable persons in the country.

    Na’Allah bemoaned the frightening increase in cases of sexual violence in the country, particularly rape, regretting that many of the victims were usually children below the age of consent.

    He also noted that perpetrators of sexual crimes were mostly familiar neighbours, employers of labour and close family members known to the victims.

    The senator further pointed out that sex offenders constituted serious security threat to the larger segment of the society, saying that most of the cases are not getting media attention.

    He expressed concerned that the menace has continued to spread to every part of the country, recording male and female victims.

    According to him, poor prosecution and light convictions by the concerned authorities have worsened the situation, thereby portraying the country in very bad light.

    Senators Ali Wakili, Eyinnaya Abaribe, Ben Bruce and Biodun Olujimi who also contributed to the debate deplored the rise in sex related cases and called for stiffer penalties for offenders.

  • Teenager charged with raping seven year old girl

    Teenager charged with raping seven year old girl

    A 14-year-old secondary school student, (name withheld) who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter, is facing trial at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    The accused, who resides with his parents at 41 , Odo Oba St., Bariga, Lagos, is being tried for defilement.

    The accused, according to Police Prosecutor Raphael Donny, broke into the toilet where the underage girl was defecating and defiled her.

    He said the accused committed the offence sometime in December 2016 at their tenement building.

    “It was the cry of the girl that alerted the mother, who immediately rushed to the scene.

    “When the mother saw blood stains on the child’s clothes, she shouted and efforts to apprehend the boy were unsuccessful as he ran away from the house.

    “The case was reported at the police station while the boy was later sighted in Agege and arrested by the police.”

    The accused, however, denied the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs D. Abegunde, admitted the accused to a bail of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    Abegunde, however, ordered that the accused should be remanded in the Boys Correctional Centre, Oregun in Ikeja until when the bail condition would be met.

    Before adjourning the case until June 5, she directed that the case file should be duplicated and a copy sent to the State Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

  • Suspected herdsmen rape woman after beating husband in Edo

    Suspected herdsmen rape woman after beating husband in Edo

    A married woman (names withheld) was on Sunday raped by suspected herdsmen at a farm at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro community in Owan East local government area.

    The woman was said to have been raped after the herdsmen beat up her husband while they were at the farm.

    Husband of the raped victim who gave his name as Umoru Agunu said the armed herdsmen that attacked him and raped his wife were six.

    According to him, “No sooner had I arrived at my farm with my wife than I saw six armed herdsmen demanding for my phone but when I told them I don’t have any they beat me up mercilessness and took my wife to a distant where she was raped by two of the men. They were also with a young woman who probably is their victim.

    A leader in the community, Yakubu Ibrahim, said farmers in the village are living in fear of armed herdsmen who, he stated, have laid siege to the community.

    Ibrahim said, “We have been under sieged by the activities of armed men since 2015. They have raped several of our married women, kidnapped and physically assaulted both male and female in the farms and while going and returning from markets.

    “Many people have been kidnapped while several people were assaulted. Several millions of Nara have also been paid as ransom. Our people are now living in perpetual fears both in the farm and at home.

    “We are agrarian communities known for the production of rice, cassava, cashew, cocoa, plantain, banana, palm oil among others. Since the taking over of the communities by these unknown gunmen it has been very difficult for us to go to farm and markets”, he said

    Ibrahim said the Sunday rape incident have been reported to the Divisional Police Officer in Afuze, administrative headquarters of Owan East local government area.

    Another community leader, Yusuf Adamu, said some herdsmen who were arrested last year by volunteer vigilante group have been released for lack of evidence.

    Head of Owan East Local Government Administration (HOLGA), Akeens Ade-Akhani said the council was aware of the situation in the area.

    Akhani said, his administration have been mobilizing men of the Nigeria police as well as vigilantes to Ivbiaro- Auchi road.

    He said the security challenges in Ivbiaro, Warrake, Ihievbe and other parts of the local government have been reported to the state government.

    “Yes the council is aware of the security situation in Ivbiaro, Warrake and Ihievbe. It is not only peculiar to these areas. Even in Lagos where there is food security management there is kidnapping, raping, stealing among others.

    “The council is always mobilizing men of the Nigeria police to Ivbiaro, Warrake and Afuze roads to provide security in those areas. We also empower the council vigilante group with the necessary incentives and manpower to provide security to our people.

    “Though I am yet to get the recent attacked on some persons at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro, but the council will not relent in its responsibility to ensure the provision of adequate security across the local government area”, he stated.

    Police spokesman, DSP Moses Nkombe, said he was yet to get brief on the incident.

     

  • Alleged rape students in Lagos: We’re still investigating – Police

    Alleged rape students in Lagos: We’re still investigating – Police

    The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had commenced an investigation into the alleged rape of some secondary school students in Ikoyi area of the state.

    The spokesman for the command, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, told newsmen that the police had visited the affected schools and interrogated their principals on the matter.

    “The matter is under investigation. We are gathering our information from all sources.

    “So far, all we have gathered is that there is this culture of final year students tearing their uniforms and some pouring water on themselves after their final exams.

    “We are not leaving any stone unturned and anyone found culpable will face the wrath of the law,’’ the police spokesman said.

    Recall that one Michale Matthew had shared on social media how some final year students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on their last day in school at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos.

  • Rape of six month old baby: Aisha Buhari, Sanusi, demand justice

    Rape of six month old baby: Aisha Buhari, Sanusi, demand justice

    •Kano State wants life imprisonment for suspect

    Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari and the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II are demanding that the man who raped a six month old baby in Kano be made to face the full wrath of the law.

    They condemned in strong terms the rape of baby Khadijat Bashir, now eight months old, by 30 year-old, Muktakar Muhammad.

    Muhammadu is said to have committed the offence with the help of his wife.

    Their motive remains unknown.

    Mrs. Buhari on a visit to the baby at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano yesterday, described the act as inhuman.

    She hailed the state government for its immediate response which saved the life of the defiled minor.

    The First Lady’s visit was preceded by that of the Emir of Kano.

    He urged security agencies and the state government to ensure that the culprits were brought to book.

    The Emir sympathised with the parents of the child and promised the Emirate Council’s assistance for the child and her parents.

    For its part, the state vowed justice for the baby.

    As a first step, it is pushing for life jail for the suspect, according to Information Commissioner Muhammad Garba.

    Garba, in a statement, said it was “deeply saddened” by the story of rape by a close confidant of the baby’s parents.

    He declared that government “will make whoever is found guilty to pay the supreme price of life imprisonment.”

    He added:”Governor Ganduje has directed the State Ministry of Justice to handle the matter properly by ensuring that it is delivered to the letter.

    “Whoever is involved in this sordid sexual crime will be prosecuted under the relevant provisions contained in the Kano State Penal Code amendment law referred to as the ‘Principal Law’ as amended under Section 283.

    Government further promised to foot the bill for the treatment of the baby, and advised parents to “look after their wards, their movement and those they keep company with,” as part of the collective efforts to bring to an end the appalling incident of rape cases, particularly, against minors.

    It charged clergies to use their places of worship to propagate the ills of rape.

    Health Commissioner Kabiru Ibrahim Getso who gave an update on Khadijat’s treatment, said: “she was initially admitted at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital where she stayed for three weeks receiving treatment and she was treated for rape and other associated medical condition like malnutrition.

    “She has done very well and that was why she was discharged based on the clinical assessment and the laboratory parameter  that were assessed and based on this, the physician that was managing the case felt that she was fit enough to leave the hospital.”

    He said Khadijat  was first admitted at the Referral Centre in Murtala Muhammed Hospital where cases like this  are being handled.

     

  • Police arrest two Delta princes for alleged rape

    The Delta State Police Command has arraigned two Ugboko princes – Richard Nwoko and Ejimofor Nwoko – for alleged attempt to conceal the rape of a teenaged princess.

    They were arrested and arraigned before an Asaba Magistrates’ Court, after evading several attempts to apprehend them.

    The police said the 15-year-old princess was raped at the palace of the Obi of Idumuje-Ugboko in Aniocha North Local Government Area by a crown prince, said to be on the run.

    The police accused the princes of compounding felony by using native means to sanction and cover up a crime under the Criminal Codes.

    The Nation learnt that the suspects were detained, adding that the tense atmosphere in the community had become calm.

    The news of the rape attracted public outcry with rights groups demanding a thorough investigation and justice.

    Also, a former community leader, Walter Eziashi, was said to have petitioned the police that some members of the royal family attempted to cover up the rape.

    He said the culprit was asked to pay N400,000 and bring a goats as sanctions for the crime.

    Eziashi’s petition irked a group, FIDA, whose spokesperson in Delta State, Mrs. Stellamaris Mejulu, said was out to pursue the case to a logical conclusion.

    She expressed delight at the arrest of the princes, urging the police to ensure no one found culpable was let off the hook.

    Police Commissioner Zanna Ibrahim confirmed the arrests, saying: “The main suspects are at large, but we arrested these two because they compounded the issue by settling a crime, using the native customs.

    “The law does not recognise such fine. We have charged them to court. They would face the full wrath of the law. We are not going to trivialise the rape case because women lawyers and journalists are interested in the matter and we would get the fleeing suspects.”

  • Factory worker gets N1m bail over alleged rape of minor

    Factory worker gets N1m bail over alleged rape of minor

    A 25-year-old man, Abiodun Adelabu, who allegedly raped his neighbour’s 14-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday released on N1 million bail on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, granted the accused bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.

    The accused, a factory worker, who resides at Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for rape.

    The accused pleaded not guilty.

    The accused committed the offence on March 10 at his apartment when he called the 14-year-old girl into his room on the pretext of sending her on an errand, the prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny told the court.

    “The accused shut the door immediately she entered and raped her; he ran away from the house after committing the crime.”

    Donny said the girl later sighted the accused and alerted passers-by who apprehended him.

    The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravenes Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The case was adjourned until May 22 for mention.

  • Rape: Father in court for allegedly abusing daughter

    Rape: Father in court for allegedly abusing daughter

    A 36-year-old man, Okoro Sunday, who allegedly raped his 17-year-old daughter, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    Sunday, who resides in Mushin area of Lagos, was also accused of hitting his wife’s head with a piston, beat her and other children when the girl raised alarm.

    He is facing a five-count charge of raping, assault, breach of peace, sexual harassment and attempted murder.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Ajayi Emmanuel told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 28 at his residence.

    Emmanuel said that the accused forcefully had carnal knowledge of his daughter.

    He said that on the said date, the accused lured the girl to the bathroom and had sexual intercourse with her.

    According to him, the girl alleged that it was her father that `deflowered’ her.

    He said the girl narrated everything that happened that day to her mother when she returned from work.

    “The woman confronted her husband with the allegation, but he pounced on her and used a piston to hit her forehead, which caused her head injuries.

    “The accused also beat the victim’s siblings after they confronted him and rained abuses on him when they heard about the incident.

    “The case was reported to the police by the wife of the accused,” Emmanuel told the court.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 137, 166, 171, 228 and 267 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty. However, section 137 prescribes life imprisonment for offender upon conviction.

    The Magistrate, Mr E.A. Azeez, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    The case was adjourned until May 10 for trial.