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  • 67 year-old grandfather paraded for raping a minor

    The Edo state police command has paraded a 67 year old grandfather who reportedly had carnal knowledge of a 13 year old girl.

    The police gave the name of the 67 year old man as Afamu Abudu who was among the 50 suspected criminals, including three rapists and nine persons who allegedly, defiled their victims at various locations in the state.

    Edo state commissioner of police, Mr. Foluso Adebanjo who paraded the suspects said Abudu dragged the teenage hawker into his room and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her at Warrake. Community, Owan East Local Government Area of the state, an allegation Abudu denied.

    Similarly, a 29 year old Kelvin Kokori, one of the nine suspects paraded for defilement said he was framed by his wife due to his refusal to perform his conjugal rites following matrimonial disputes.

    The state police boss condemned rape and defilement in strong terms saying they are urgly trends in the state.

    Disclosing that all the paraded suspects would be charged to court as soon, as investigations are completed, he thanked members of the public for their co-operation and contribution to curbing crimes in the state.

    He solicited for more information that would give more impetus to the police at ensuring the safety of lives and properties.

     

  • ‘Pastor raped me countless times’- Victim tells court

    Pastor Princewill Basil who is standing trial before an FCT High Court over alleged rape of two girls was on Tuesday confronted by a second victim who claimed he raped her countless times.

    Basil, the General Overseer, Mountain Movers Fire Ministry Church, Nyanya, was arraigned in 2012 for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge and impregnating two student-members of his church, aged 14 and 15 years.

    Giving evidence under cross-examination by the defence counsel, Mr. Sunday Kekere, the victim said the pastor rape her to “cleanse her spirit of dirt’’.

    “I cannot remember the number of times he raped me.

    “Papa told me it was a continuous deliverance, and he had to sleep with me to clean all the dirt inside me and also cleanse my future,’’’ she told court.

    When asked if in her statement to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), she admitted living with the accused, she answered `no’.

    “I never told them (NAPTIP) that. I told them that I always go there to assist Papa’s former fiancée Cynthia, with household chores.

    “There are days that I sleep over to finish my chores,’’ she said.

    When asked if the pastor had paid her school fees before, she said: “Papa had once told me during deliverance that he gave my mum N40, 000 for my school fees.’’

    “When I asked my mum, she said it was not true,’’ she testified.

    The victim alleged that the accused had on some occasions, threatened her with a knife to force her to sleep with him.

    After her testimony, Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf adjourned the case to March 14 for continuation of testimony.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that at the last sitting of the case on Feb. 11, the first victim told the court that Basil allegedly told her that her father’s wife was trying to kill her and that the Lord told him to perform a quick deliverance on her.

    “I agreed for the deliverance to be carried out on me. During the deliverance, he carried a white handkerchief and a bottle of oil and asked me to remove my clothes.

    “He also asked me if I was menstruating and I told him no.

    “He told me that I was possessed with many evil spirits that had stained my blood, and it will only take my husband to deliver me and I was not married.

    “He said that he will carry out the cleansing on me,’’ she said.

    The victim testified that the accused led her into his bedroom and asked her to close her eyes, brought his handkerchief and placed it over her head and she became very weak.

    The victim, alleged that the accused raped her.

    The offences, NAPTIP said, contravened the provisions of Sections 97, 179, 397(B) and 268 of the Penal Code.

    If convicted, he is liable to 14 years in prison.

    The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charges.

  • Man, 40, remanded for defiling 4-year-old girl

    A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has ordered the remand in prison of a 40-year-old man, Michael Ekebi, over alleged felony.

    Police Prosecutor, ASP Felix Ifijen, on Tuesday arraigned Ekebi on a one-count charge of rape.

    Ifijen told the court that the accused, of No. 4, Alagba St., Ajegunle Ikorodu, Lagos State, had on Feb. 7 lured a four-year daughter of his neighbour into his room and allegedly had canal knowledge of her.

    The prosecution submitted that the offence contravened Sections 137 and 259 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State 2011.

    The section prescribes that any person found guilty of defiling a minor, being a felony offence, is liable to life imprisonment.

    Ekebi, however, pleaded innocence of the charge, and applied for bail.

    Opposing the bail application, the prosecutor argued that the accused might jump bail.

    In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa refused the bail application and ordered the accused to be reminded in prison custody.

    Aje-Afunwa adjourned the case to March 28. (NAN)

  • ‘Rapists taking advantage of deaf girls in Ibadan’

    ‘Rapists taking advantage of deaf girls in Ibadan’

    Dr  Oyeduni Arulogun, a Senior  Lecturer  in  the Department of Health Promotion and Education, College of  Medicine, University of  Ibadan, on Monday said  rapists in Ibadan were taking  undue advantage of  deaf  girls.

    Arulogun told  the News Agency of  Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that indication to  this development was revealed  by  her latest  research work  entitled: “Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Deaf girls: A  Case Study of Ibadan.’’

    She said: “ Many of the rapists of these deaf girls are their stepfathers and other people well known to them.

    “I discovered during my research that they experience sexual, physical and psychological violence just like anyone else.

    “It is a worrisome situation because when they are sexually violated, they can’t complain.

    “They don’t have the language to communicate and so most of the rape incidents go unreported to the security agents.

    “The person that is supposed to help them out does not understand sign language which is a means of communication for the deaf.’’

    Arulogun also said that her research  revealed that a number of deaf girl tested were found to be HIV  positive.

    “It  was the first time  HIV/AIDS test was conducted for them and it was amazing that many of them were positive,” she said.

    According to her, deaf girls are not usually predisposed to  disclosing information to health workers because there has  to be an intermediary between them to interpret.

    “They have great concern about the confidentiality of the information  that they give.

    “They also miss their appointments  at the clinic because they don’t hear when they are called,” Arulogun said.

    The researcher said that concerted efforts should be made toward  giving deaf girls a sense of belonging as special needs persons.

    She said that deliberate policies must  be formulated by  health providers to ensure that  some hospital workers understand sign language.

    The don  called on security agencies to intensify efforts in the arrest and prosecution of rape victims.

    Arulogun also urged journalists   to  assist to check the scourge  by sensitising the people on the incidence  of rape through  media tools. (NAN)

  • 49-year-old man remanded for alleged rape of minor

    An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 49-year-old man, Adedoja Lateef, in prison custody for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl.

    Prosecutor Wilson Mereti told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 21, at Ologini village, Ifetedo.

    Mereti said the accused, who lives in the same neighbourhood with the victim, lured her to his room on the pretext of sending her for an errand.

    He said after getting her into his room, he forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent.

    The prosecutor said problems began after the girl had reported the incident to her mother.

    He said the offence contravened Section 31(1)(2) of the Child’s Right Law of Osun, 2007.

    The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adebayo Lasisi, ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody and directed his counsel, Mrs Bose Dada, to file a formal bail application.

    Lasisi adjourned the case to April 2, for mention.

     

  • Butcher docked for raping customer’s child

    A 20-year-old meat seller, Oye Adeleke, who allegedly raped his customer’s child, on Tuesday appeared before an Abule Egba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

    Adeleke, who lives at 7, Kareem St., Baruwa, Ipaja, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of child defilement and attempt to escape from police custody.

    The Prosecutor, Insp Rachael Williams, told the court that Adeleke committed the offences on Jan.19 at Tinubu Market, Gowon Estate, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos.

    Williams said that the accused defiled the 14-year-old, when she was sent to the market by her mother.

    “The accused told the girl that her mother kept meat in his freezer, and asked her to go and take it.

    “When the girl wanted to open the freezer, the accused used a handkerchief to cover her mouth to prevent her from shouting while he raped her,” Williams said.

    She added that the accused attempted to escape from the police custody when he was arrested.

    She said that the offence contravened Sections 21 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The accused, however pleaded not guilty.

    The Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till March 17 for mention.(NAN)

  • Girl gang raped by Church security guards in Anambra

    There was confusion and tension Saturday  in Nkpor, Idemmili North local government area, Anambra state  over gang raping of a 14 years old girl  by three security operatives attached to Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in the town.
    The girl  went to fetch firewood in company of two other under aged boys at the vast land of Our Lady’s Church Nkpor premises before she was reportedly raped  at machete point.
               The Anambra Police Command confirmed the gang rape report saying a suspect has already being arrested while efforts are on to arrest other gang members of the security men that raped the innocent and harmless girl.
    Police spokesman, PPRO Emeka Chukwuemeka , a CSP said investigations are ongoing and once investigations are concluded the suspects would be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.
    The Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Ogidi Division, Mr Abubakar Isa also confirmed the incident and that one of the suspects was arrested by the local vigilance group in charge of Isingwu road, where the victim’s family resides and handed over to the Ogidi police station.

    The girl amidst sobs narrated her ordeal to newsmen saying they were gathering firewood and picking cashew fruits that fell on the ground inside the church compound when three security operatives of the church emerged from nowhere and accused them of plucking the fruits. They denied the allegation insisting that that they only took the ones that fell from the tree.

  • Police arrest fake Journalist for raping fufu seller

    …as robbers shot in Ogun


    The Ogun State Police Command has arrested fake journalist, Tosin Awotedo, for raping a girl of 10 years old in Igbeba Ijebu Ode. 

    The minor who hawks Fufu was said to have been raped severally by the  47 years old Awotedo, in his Igbeba apartment  for more than four times before he was finally arrested by the police.

    It was learnt that the victim’s mother, who was alerted by her neighbours of the recurrent misdeeds of the suspect, reported it to the police 

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect was interrogated by the Divisional Police Officer in Igbeba, Mr Halilu Muahawiya, and he  claimed to be a journalist but was discovered to be a fake. 

    According to him, the victim has been taken to the hospital for medical examination while  a case of rape  has been established against the suspect  for prosecution. 

    Adejobi also revealed that  the anti crime patrol attached to the Onipanu Division in Otta had on Wednesday engaged some robbery suspects in a gun battle which led to the death of one of the robbers while others escaped with bullet wounds in Ilasa road, Iyesi area in Otta. 

    Adejobi said:”the victim of the robbery said the robbers trailed him from a bank where he withdrew a sum of 100,000(one hundred thousand naira only) and robbed him at gun point in his residence in Iyesi Otta. 

    “The police detectives who responded swiftly to a distress call from his neighbours, gave the robbers a hot chase before the gun battle ensued between the police and the robbers. 

    “One browning pistol with its ammunition and a sum of 65,000(sixty five thousand naira) were recovered from the dead robber. 

    “The command wishes to assure the general public in Ogun State of adequate protection of lives and property; and urges the good people of the state to always contact the police whenever the needs arise as the Commissioner of police ogun state CP Ikemefuna Okoye appreciates those neighbours of the victim who put a distress call across to the police.”

  • Five held for alleged rape, robbery in Ogun

    Five suspects have been arrested for allegedly robbing and gang raping a woman on the Idiroko road in Ota, Ogun State.

    They are Opeyemi Abisola; Nnamdi Sunday; Olatunji Awe; Sunday Fayomi and Michael Sunday. Two others are on the run.

    The suspects, who have confessed to the crime, are being held at the Police State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

    Police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said an anti-robbery team, led by Sergeant Adebayo Oyesomi, saw the victim by the road side at Papalanto Junction on Monday after she was attacked by the robbers.

    Adejobi said: “She narrated her ordeal in the hands of the hoodlums and volunteered to assist the police to apprehend them. The police team arrested five of the men at Olodo on Tuesday after a rigorous search.

    “The victim, who left Lagos for Idiroko on Monday, was taken to an unknown destination at Olodo, where the hoodlums beat her up and raped her, after taking N1,803,000; gold worth N200,000; a wrist watch worth N5,000; and mobile blackberry phones, all valued at N2,187,500, from her.

    “These exhibits have been recovered from the suspects. The victim said the suspects wanted to kidnap her and asked if she had rich relatives, but she told them she was an orphan who is struggling to survive.

    “Commissioner of Police Ikemefuna Okoye has ordered that the fleeing members of the gang be arrested without delay and the matter be thoroughly investigated. He praised the victim for her courage to identify the hoodlums’ hideout and for assisting the police, which led to the suspects’ arrest.”

  • Ondo records forty five rape cases

    Amidst fear of increasing cases of rape across the country, the police in Ondo State have said no fewer than 45 cases of rape were recorded in the state in 2013 and the suspects charged to court.

    The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Patrick Dokumor who disclosed this in Akure while briefing reporters on the activities of the command in the year just ended, said all the suspects apprehended are presently facing prosecution in court.

    Dokumor disclosed that residents in the state witnessed a relatively peaceful year in 2013, in spite of the fact that no fewer than 105 suspected armed robbers were arrested by his officers in the same period.

    While acknowledging some cases of kidnapping in the state within the period under review, the police boss said the perpetrators are presently being prosecuted at the law court.

    The Police Commissioner attributed his command’s success in fighting crime in the state to policing strategies he had initiated since he was posted to the state.

    These strategies he said include; “visibility policing, intensive patrol, prompt response to distress calls, intelligence networking, integrated synergy with sister security agencies most especially in the area of intelligence sharing and a robust symbiotic relationship with members of public, corporate bodies and organisations”.

    Asked whether the police have arrested the armed bandits who killed a Divisional Crime Officer, (DCO), Iheme Wilfred in Ijare-Ifedore local governmentof the state, Dokumor said the police are still on the trail of the suspects.

    “The late officer had only three year left before retirement from the police before he was intercepted by group of robbers who robbed a bank in Ikere-Ekiti. We are still working on them; let me tell you nobody kills a police officer and goes freely. We are working on the available information at our disposal and we believe very soon we will track them,” the commissioner said.