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  • 30-year-old Arabic tutor in court for rape

    30-year-old Arabic tutor in court for rape

    An Arabic teacher, Ashimiyu Shittu , yesterday appeared at an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly defiling his pupil.

    Shittu, 30, a resident of Egbeda, Ibadan, facesa  one-count charge of unlawful carnal knowledge.

    The prosecutor, Sunday Fatola, told the court that the suspect allegedly committed the offence on November 14, about 5 pm, at Egbeda, by having carnal knowledge of an 11-year-old pupil.

    He alleged that the accused lured the minor into his room and had “carnal knowledge of her without her consent.”

    Fatola said the offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II Laws of Oyo State 2000.

    The court did not take the defendant’s plea.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Modina Akanni, remanded the defendant at Agodi prison pending outcome of legal advice from Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

    He adjourned the case till January 12 for mention.

  • ‘I lured her with N10 sweet’ – Rape suspect says

    ‘I lured her with N10 sweet’ – Rape suspect says

    A 30-year-old rape suspect, Mohammed Abubakar on Tuesday admitted to luring a nine-year-old primary four pupil with a N10 lollipop sweet.

    Abubakar, a commercial motorcyclist and resident of Tudun Fulani in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger, disclosed this while being interrogated by the Niger State Child Right Protection Agency.

    Abubakar said: “I saw her outside her school where I had parked my motorcycle to buy sweet and she told me to give her sweet.

    “I gave her a sweet and then lured her to an uncompleted building and had sex with her.

    “I am a married man and we have a 3-month-old baby; I have not been sleeping with my wife because she just gave birth recently and that tempted me into doing the act with the girl.

    “I only had sex with the girl once; I am sorry,” he said.

    Narrating her ordeal, the victim said: “He usually lures me to an uncompleted building close to the school during break time.

    “He will touch my buttocks and put his finger into my private part.

    “He also gives me sweet and promised to give me N6,000 if I did not tell anyone about the act,” the victim said.

    Also, the victim’s teacher, Hajiya Saratu Salihu, who reported the matter to the agency, explained that she started suspecting the victim following her frequent absence from class.

    According to her, the victim always disappears from the school during the break periods and will not return to school.

    “When I started suspecting that the girl was up to something, I kept monitoring her movement until I caught her outside the school premises with the suspect on Nov. 20.

    “When she entered the school, I and another teacher took her to the bathroom and checked her private part; we realised the girl had been deflowered.

    “We questioned her and even had to beat her before she told us that an “okada’’ rider had been molesting her secretly.

    “We then started monitoring the suspect until he was caught in the act while trying to lure the victim,” the teacher narrated.

    Reacting to the incident, Mrs Mairam Kolo, the Director General of the agency, said that most of the abuses meted out to children were committed during schools’ break times.

    According to her, the agency will meet with the state’s Ministry of Education to emphases the need for students not to leave schools’ premises alone during the break and closing periods.

    “We have already embarked on sensitisation campaign to let parents know the dangers involved in allowing children go out alone without monitoring,” she said.

    Kolo said that the suspect would be transferred to the State Criminal Department for further investigations while the victim receives medical treatments.

  • ‘I kidnap my girlfriend to raise money for wedding’

    ‘I kidnap my girlfriend to raise money for wedding’

    A-24 year old man, Micheal Duda, has said that he kidnapped his teenage girlfriend identified as Victory Aseguah with the intention of raising money for their wedding.

    Micheal was paraded alongside 104 suspects arrested for various crimes ranging from kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and cultism at the headquarters of the Edo Police Command.

    He said the girlfriend just finished secondary school and there was no way he could approached the parents that he want to marry their daughter.

    Speaking to newsmen Thursday, Micheal said he kept the girl in his house for four days and asked her father to pay him the sum of N2m.

    Micheal who said he sells dispensable cups admitted that he had sex with the girl all through the four days the girl spent in his house.

    “I live at Ekae community off Sapele road. She came to my house. We planned to collect money from her father to raise money for our marriage but I did not collect the money again. She stayed in my house for four days.

    “I couldn’t tell the father I want to marry his daughter. She said her father would not support the idea because she was yet to go to the university. She was with me for four days. The man said he has no money to pay. I was at home with the girl when police came and arrested me.”

    But Victory who was present at the parade said they met on facebook and after several days, she decided to visit him.

    Victory said she was surprised that the boy kidnapped her when she got there and heard that the boy demanded for N4m from her father.

    Elder sister of Victory, Rodha, said her sister was sexually abused before the police rescued her.

    On the alleged plans to get married, she laughed saying, “My sister is 16 years old and has never slept outside before. She told me they met on facebook and the boy professed love to her. When she went to the house, she said the boy hatched the plan and said he would collect N10,000 from our father but the boy demanded for N4m.

    “He will lock her inside the house and called us threatening that he will kill her if we did not pay. He took advantage of my sister’s condition.”

    “She told me the boy is 21 and a student but she later saw that it was a lie. We took her for treatment after the rescue.”

    Also, three suspects that allegedly killed Prof. Paul Otasowie of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the University of Benin were paraded.

    Late Prof. Otasowie  was killed in October 4 at his residence at Evbuotubu area in Egor local government area.

    Names of the suspect were given as Osaze Oghogho, Best Ogumode and Happy Okoro.

    The suspects said they never intended to kill Prof. Otasowie but to collect his car and used it for armed robbery.

    They said he was mistakenly shot when he rushed at Osaze who was holding the gun.

    According to Osaze, “We decided to go for street robbery when we saw a vehicle driving out, so we decided to collect the car. I asked the man to give me the car keys but he threw the keys away. I shot into the air. As I was loading another bullet, the man embraced me and during the struggle, the gun exploded.”

    Speaking to newsmen, Police Commissioner, Babatunde Kokumo , said the police suspects would soon be charged to court.

    He listed items recovered within three weeks included five AK 47 rifles, military weapons. 33 cut to size guns, motor-cycles, 90 live AK 47 ammunition, 234 live cartridges, assorted vehicles and the sum of N1.2m.

  • School driver arraigned for ‘robbery, rape’

    A school bus driver, Adekunbi Samuel was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja high court for armed robbery and attempted rape.

    Adekunbi, who works with a private school in Lekki area of Lagos, was arraigned before Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya on a two-count charge.

    He pleaded not guilty.

    State prosecutor, Mr A.S Salau, told the court that defendant has been in the business for a long time and presented two victims as witnesses to testify in the matter.

    Led in evidence by Salau, the first witness Miss Elizabeth, a school teacher, who was robbed and was almost raped by the defendant, said she was on her way to work when at Ojodu Berger bus stop, a bus pulled up beside her and was calling Victoria Island.

    “When I entered the bus, the driver brought out a knife and gun and told me to bring out my valuables which included my phone, laptop and the sum of N10,000 after which he tried to rape me but didn’t succeed”.

    She said the defendant kicked her out of the bus at Secretariat bus stop, along Lagos/Ibadan expressway.

    After the incident, she said herself and her brother traced the bus and they got the number plate which was given to the police station at Ojodu Berger.

    The second witness, Mercy Oselade, in her testimony said the incident happened on October 15, 2014 when she was going to work.

    Mercy said the defendant allegedly robbed her of her phone, a Samsung galaxy and N10,000 before he told her to jump down from the bus.

    Afterwards, she reported to Alausa police station.

    The prosecutor said the defendant was traced to the school where he works in Lekki phase 1.

    “The driver was found and items which he used to rob with, like knives and a gun were recovered from under the driver’s seat. There were other stolen items which were also recovered from the vehicle. After that, he was taken to the police station where he made his statement,” he said.

    Justice Ogunsanya has adjourned the matter to January 10.

  • Three arrested for raping teenager

    Three arrested for raping teenager

    Three boys aged between 19 and 20 have been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for raping a 14-year old secondary school students simply identified as Precious

    Names of the suspects were given as Osabuohien Aghimien, Osamudiamen Stephen and Victory Osayomwan.

    The suspected who were paraded at the headquarters of NSCDC were said to have had two rounds of sex each with the victim.

    They were arrested by family of the victim the following day.

    Narrating their involvement in the saga, Osabuohien who claimed to be a mechanic apprentice said the victim was his girlfriend and that he took her to the house of his friend to pass the night.

    Osabuohien stated that it was at night that his friends asked to sleep with the victim and she obliged them.

    His words, “I was there when they have sex with her. When my friend said he want to go in again, she agreed. It was the next day I went to their house that I was arrested.

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    “My friend wanted to give her money but I refused.”

    On his part, Stephen said the sex session took place in his room.

    Stephen explained that his friend told them that the girl was a prostitute he picked up even when they know that she was just 14.

    He said, “He told us the girl was his loose (ashawo). So we all slept with her. She did not cry at all. He said we should use her for the night. We did not give her any money.”

    Victory stated that he requested to have sex with the teenager and she agreed.

    Commandant of NSCDC, Makinde Iskil said the suspects would soon be handed over to the appropriate authorities.

    Read Also: Teenager gets N200,000 bail over alleged defilement of girl

     

  • Nelly denies rape allegations

    Nelly denies rape allegations

    I am completely innocent,” says American rap artiste, Nelly, who on Saturday was allegedly charged with rape in Washington while on tour with Florida George Line.

    “Let me say that I am beyond shocked that I have been targeted with this false allegation,” he stated. “I am completely innocent. I am confident that once the facts are looked at , it will be very clear that I am the victim of a false allegation…I do want to apologize to my loved ones for the embarrassment and for putting myself in a situation where I could be victimized by this false and defaming allegation,” he added.

    Nelly, according to TMZ, was arrested in Auburn, Wash., and charged with second degree rape after a woman named him, specifically, as the person who had sex with her against her will on his tour bus

    Nelly’s lawyer has also released a statement vehemently denying the charges levied against his client. It reads: “Nelly is the victim of a completely fabricated allegation. Our initial investigation, clearly establishes the allegation is devoid of credibility and is motivated by greed and vindictiveness. I am confident, once the scurrilous accusation is thoroughly investigated, there will be no charges. Nelly is prepared to pursue all all legal avenues to redress any damage caused by this clearly false allegation.”

  • Sergeant dies as police arrest 34 for kidnapping, murder, rape

    Sergeant dies as police arrest 34 for kidnapping, murder, rape

    The police yesterday paraded 34 suspects for their alleged involvement in kidnapping, robbery, murder, and rape.

    The suspects, who belong to four gangs, were paraded in Diko Police station, Niger State, by the Force Spokesman Jimoh Moshood.

    A police Sergeant, Shettima Abdullahi, was killed  yesterday at a roadblock mounted by hoodlums.

    Some of the suspects paraded are Hussaini Mohammed, also known as General Sambisa, gang leader; Adamu Hussaini, Bala Mohammed, Shagari Musa, Hassan Hashimu, Ibrahim Badamasi, Babangida Hamza, Yau Auta, Umaru Abubakar, Karo Ladan, Buhari Abubakar, Alanshira Abubakar, Aziru Tasiu, Ibrahim Musa and Ishamu Saidu.

    Others are Sani Aliyu, Shuaibu Abubakar, Bashir Abubakar, Nasiru Sani, Zayanu Sani, Isa Salisu, Hafiz Jibrin, Kabiru Sani, Abdullahi Adamu, Barau Masaudu, Ibrahim Hassan, Aliyu Chede, Bello Abdullahi, Isa Abdullahi, Nasiru Adamu, and Idris Dauda.

    A police source, who pleaded for anonymity, said: “Sergeant Abdullahi was the driver in our team. We were trying to trail the hideouts and flashpoints of some of the kidnappers and one of the kidnappers in our custody mentioned that some of his gang members were in Zaria.

    “We took off in the night to raid their hideout and make some arrest. On our way back, we ran into a blockage by some hoodlums around Jaji area of Kaduna State.

    “It happened around 12 am. We had to open fire and in the process, we killed five of them but they succeeded in killing one of our men who happened to be our driver.”

    The Nation was shown the vehicle the sergeant died in. The white 18-seater vehicle, marked AZ139BWR, still had bullet holes and blood stains of the late Abdullahi.

    His body has been deposited in the mortuary in Kaduna.

    Mosood said some of the suspects in military outfit, specialised in killing military personnel and other security men.

    The gangs, described as deadly, he said, have killed 11 policemen.

    He said: “The latest of their victim is Sergeant Shettima Abdullahi, who was killed during the raid by  a special team deployed by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to curb crime on Abuja, Kaduna, Kogi and Niger roads.

    “Eight vehicles, arms and ammunition, chisel, hammer, cutlasses, plier, over 50 phones belonging to their victims, television, desktop and laptop computer, and other lethal weapons were recovered from them.

    “The success was made possible following operation Absolute Sanity.  At a single swoop, 34 kidnappers were arrested by our men. Some of them specialised in operating in military uniform. When you see them on the highway, you will think they are personnel of the military but they are not.

    “They use military uniform to stop people forcefully and kidnap some of their victims.

    ‘’The IG commiserated with the family of Sergeant Abdullahi, who died during the early hours of today (yesterday) during an exchange of firearms with some of the kidnappers.”

  • Septuagenarian arrested for repeatedly raping minor in Ebonyi

    Septuagenarian arrested for repeatedly raping minor in Ebonyi

    The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 70 year old man in Akpoha, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi state, Simon Alobu popularly known as papa Eke for allegedly hypnotizing and repeatedly raping a 7 year old orphan, simply named Favour.

    The suspect, The Nation gathered was handed over to the police by the Family law centre, where the case was first reported by the victim’s relatives.

    It was also learnt that little Favour moved to her maternal house where her aunt Martha Enya lives after the death of her parents.

    The suspect lives in the same compound with the girl and her Aunt and was reported to the centre by the victim’s aunt who alleged that the man also raped her when she was a little girl.

    The suspect who narrated her ordeal to journalists in Abakaliki said the man first raped her after she prepared food for him.

    “The man said I should come and prepare food for him. After preparing the food, my brother who leaves with me said he was not eating and left immediately”.

    “When my brother left and I was still eating, the man locked the door and carried me to his bed and raped me,” she said.

    The suspect, it was also learnt, first raped the little girl in 2014 and since then has repeatedly raped her.

    Last year, Enya started suspecting that she was being raped when she complained of severe pains in her private.

    But all efforts to make Favour name the culprit were not successful until recently when she opened up.

    According to the woman, she took the girl to Afikpo where the rape was confirmed but efforts to make her reveal the identity of the rapist failed as he continued the act till this year.

    “Favour confessed by herself and we went to the man and he agreed that he is the one raping Favour and that he has raped her five times,” she said.

    She alleged that the suspect mutilated Favour’s bottom with razor blade where he presumably applied some charms to prevent the girl from revealing his identity.

    The suspect when quizzed confessed that he had carnal knowledge of the girl adding that that he committed the act under the influence of alcohol.

    Police spokesman in the state, ASP Loveth Odah said the suspect is in police custody and will soon be arraigned in court.

  • Suspected rapists of Church members arrested in Enugu

    Suspected rapists of Church members arrested in Enugu

    The Police in Enugu State said they had nabbed nine suspected rapists, specialised in raping female members of a church at the outskirts of Enugu.

    The Spokesman of the command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, disclosed this in a statement in Enugu on Sunday.

    Amaraizu said that the arrest was made possible by a “well-co-ordinated intelligence information’’.

    He said that policemen in Ozalla arrested the suspects during a night vigil in a church located at Akpasha community in Nkanu West Local Government Area.

    He said that the suspects were rounded up at about 2 a.m. on Saturday.

    Amaraizu said that the suspects often pretended to be worshippers in the church and would take advantage of any female worshipper going out to answer nature’s call “and wreck the havoc”

    According to him, they forcefully have carnal knowledge of their victims.

    “This nefarious act is done while service in the church is going on, and after the rape, they run away,’’ he said.

    He said that the suspects were already regretting their actions, and were helping police in the investigation of the matter. (NAN)

  • Two night guards paraded for ‘robbery, rape’

    Two night guards, Adeniyi Busayo and Tunde Fadunmila, have been arrested by the police in Ekiti State for alleged robbery and rape in Ado-Ekiti.

    The duo, who were paraded yesterday, were accused of robbing in police uniform while working as night guards at Enu Odi, Odo Ado, Ado-Ekiti.

    They were paraded with three suspected members of their gang:  Ojo Owoeye, Taiwo Agbetuyi and Friday Lasisi.

    The suspects were arrested while robbing a filling station, Faglo Petrolchemical Ltd and homes of Pastor Timothy Olalekan and Chief Oladokun Oke, about 10 pm. on August 28.

    Recovered from them are three dane guns, three cutlasses, charms and big stones, which they allegedly used to break doors.

    Police spokesman Alberto Adeyemi said the suspects robbed their victims of belongings and money, valued at N428,000.

    He said: “At Faglo Petrol Station, they broke into the mall after holding security guards hostage and stole cash.

    “Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad arrested them through intelligence gathering and information from the public.

    “We have concluded investigations by calling the victims, who identified the suspects. We shall arraign them tomorrow (today).”

    One of the victims, Chief Oke, the Onibedo of Ado Ekiti, said Agbetuyi fired the shot that hit him.

    “I identified them because they wined and dined in my house during Udiroko festival in Ado-Ekiti on August 26.”

    Agbetuyi, 22, confessed to the crime. He admitted receiving N35,000.

    The suspect said he committed the crime “because of youthful exuberance.”

    He said: “I was given N35,000, but I did not fire the bullet that hit Chief Oke. I don’t know precisely how much we made because Fadunmilasold the items and gave me my share.”