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  • Teenager, 22 minors escape from remand home

    A 17-year-old boy, who allegedly slit the throat of an 11-year-old girl in 2015, and 22 others have escaped from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Development Remand Home in Sapele, Sapele Local Government of Delta State.

    A source said the inmates, between 14 and 17 years, escaped on July 30 and August 2.

    Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he said: “The inmates were held for rape, robbery, murder and burglary.

    “The door of the home is always open for the minors every morning for daily routine, while two or three prepare their meal. But on that day, the female correction officer, Mrs. Esther Micah, took the keys to church and did not return until 11:30 a.m.

    “When she returned, the inmates, who were hungry and angry, attacked her. About 11 of them escaped through the back fence. Only three workers were on duty and they could not apprehend them.

    “Three of the inmates were held same day by members of the vigilance group on Sapele/Warri Road and brought back to the home. Two escaped the next day when the correction officer opened the door for them to have their bath.

    “Three days later, another 12 destroyed the padlock with an iron and escaped.

    “This happened because security has been porous since the perimeter fencing at the back of the home collapsed last year. The government no longer shows concern about the home.”

    Police spokesman Andrew Aniamaka confirmed the incident.

    He said the workers were being investigated and would be charged with negligence, adding that everything is being done to arrest the inmates.

  • Teenager who escaped from Sambisa rescued

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Adamawa State claims it has rescued a 19-year-old lady who allegedly escaped from Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest.

    The  state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Aliyu Ndanusa told reporters in Yola yesterday that Mumina Hamidu was rescued with her eight-month-old baby on Thursday.

    Ndanusa said that the lady was abducted in Mubi town when it was occupied by the insurgents in 2014.

    According to him, she succeeded in escaping from Sambisa to Cameroon, where she was picked up by men of the corps while returning to Mubi.

    He said that the lady and her baby would be handed over to the relevant authorities for proper rehabilitation.

    The commandant also said that the corps had, between January and now, rescued two such women from Sambisa and arrested one Boko Haram suspect escaping from Sambisa.

    He urged members of the public to be security conscious and feel free to volunteer information to security agencies.

    Also speaking to newsmen, Mumina said that she was abducted in Anguwan Barkono in Mubi and taken to Sambisa, where she was forced to marry one of the sect commanders, Bana Kura.

    Mumina said that Kura had paid N30,000 dowry to the authorities, adding that he was still alive when she escaped from the forest.

  • Teenager narrates how her father, half-brother ‘raped’ her

    Teenager narrates how her father, half-brother ‘raped’ her

    For seven months, my father, Sunday Adimawu, and his step-son, Kenneth took turns to rape me. They even infected me with sexually transmitted diseases. The first time it happened, Kenneth crept into where I was sleeping and tried to force himself on me. I woke up and rushed to complain to my father but he chased me back and said I should allow him do whatever he wanted to do with me.”
    Those were the words of a 12-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS1) drop-out, whose father and his son serially raped at Ilogbo in Lagos.
    The victim’s travail started last May when her father allegedly abducted her from their residence at Alhaji Azeez Kalore Street, Isheri Olofin in Idimu to his lover’s place.
    She was returned to her mother last December after family members complained that while her mates were in school, she was made to hawk oil bean (Ugba) at Alaba International Market, Ojo, for the said lover.
    Adimawu was arrested last Thursday by policemen attached to Idimu Division after a lawyer, Sir barth Ozoana filed a complaint.
    The suspect, a commercial driver, however denied raping the girl, adding that he took her away because his wife had ‘mental’ problem.
    According to the victim, her father and his lover that first night, opened her legs for Kenneth to penetrate, adding that Adimawu also sexually assaulted her the following day and warned her to not tell anyone about it.
    She said: “My father’s mistress’ son, Kenneth, crept to where I laid on the floor one night and started touching my private part. I woke up and rushed to inform my father, who was sleeping on the bed with his mistress. But he drove me back. He said I should allow him do whatever he wanted to do with me.
    “My father came to where I was, parted my legs, with the assistance of his mistress and instructed his step son to have sex with me.
    “After everyone had gone out the next day, my father called me inside, locked the door and had sex with me. He warned me not to tell anyone what happened, threatening to kill me if I did.
    “Since then, my father and his step son had taken turns to rape me. At times when I went to sell Ugba at Alaba, his step son would take me to an uncompleted building, where he would place some cartoons on the ground and rape me”.
    It was gathered that the sexual assaults on the teenager was uncovered by her mother, Mrs Adimawu, who noticed she was acting strangely.
    Her suspicion, she said, was borne out of past experiences, where she allegedly caught the man putting his private part in the victim’s mouth when she was nine-month and six-years-old.
    The woman admitted to have pressured the victim into disclosing what transpired at her father’s lover’s home, adding that Adimawu had her beaten up severely when she confronted him about the rape.
    She said: “I discovered something strange about the way my daughter was walking when she returned home. When I asked her initially she did not talk until I involved one of her teachers who was taking her extra moral classes before she opened up. “When I confronted him (Adimawu), he beat me to stupor and drove me and my daughter away. We have been staying with a relative since December last year.
    “I had gone to the market to buy food stuff, only to return and discovered that my daughter was nowhere to be found. When my husband came back, I asked him, he denied knowing where our daughter was, saying I should go and look for her. The matter of our missing child was reported to the police, yet he denied knowing where she was until December, when he opened up. He said he took her to learn a trade. It took the intervention of the police and relatives before he brought her back last December.
    “I was never mad, neither was I sick. The emotional and psychological effect during the period I was searching for my only child made him conclude that I was mad. Did you notice any trace like that in me? He is trying to chase me out of the house we built together so that he can bring his mistress in.”
    Although Adimawu insisted the allegations were false, a source at the station said the suspect earlier admitted that Kenneth had carnal knowledge of his daughter.
    The source said the case would be transferred to the gender unit at the state Police Command for further action.

  • Teenager found hanging in Sokoto

    Teenager found hanging in Sokoto

    A 13-year old student of Junior Secondary School (names withheld), has been found hanging in front of their house in the Damboa area of Sokoto metropolis.
    The corpse was seen on March 24.
    The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr El-Mustapha Sani, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the remains of the teenager had since been buried according to Islamic rites.
    Sani, however said: “We have arrested another teenager, 16-year old (names withheld), who was a friend of the deceased.
    “The suspect was said to have gone to the family house of the deceased and asked his mother to refund some money the deceased had allegedly stolen from his mother.
    “The mother of the deceased was said to have refunded N 1,500, which was rejected by the mother of the suspect, alleging that the money was more than that.
    “The suspect reportedly went to the family house of the deceased on the fateful day and told his mother to come and carry his remains.”
    Sani further said that the mother of the suspect was now at large.
    He said the police will conduct thorough investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of the teenager.

  • Teenager found hanging in Sokoto

    Teenager found hanging in Sokoto

    A 13-year old student of Junior Secondary School (names withheld), has been found hanging in front of their house in the Damboa area of Sokoto metropolis.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the corpse was seen on March 24.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Mr El-Mustapha Sani, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the remains of the teenager had since been buried according to Islamic rites.

    Sani, however said, ”We have arrested another teenager, 16-year old (names withheld), who was a friend of the deceased.

    ”The suspect was said to have gone to the family house of the deceased and asked his mother to refund some money the deceased had allegedly stolen from his mother.

    ”The mother of the deceased was said to have refunded N 1,500, which was rejected by the mother of the suspect, alleging that the money was more than that.

    ”The suspect reportedly went to the family house of the deceased on the fateful day and told his mother to come and carry his remains.”

    Sani further said that the mother of the suspect was now at large.

    He said the police will conduct thorough investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of the teenager. (NAN)

  • Nigerian teenager shot dead in UK

    An 18-year -old Nigerian, David Adegbite, has been shot dead by a gang at a car park in Barking, East London.

    According to reports he was ambushed and shot in the head while visiting friends at St Ann’s estate, where he formerly lived.

    According to his friends, Adegbite was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

    “He was such a smart guy, really clever and good at math. He was due to start university.

    “He was no gangster or drug dealer; he was a good family guy. He always talked about how much he loved his mother and wanted to make her proud.

    “He was popular with everyone. I just can’t believe there are people out there in London with guns, you expect it in America but not here,” an 18-year-old, who gave her name as Mary, told the UK Evening Standard.

    UK authorities arrested two 20-year-olds in connection with the death. One was released on bail pending further enquiries while the second remained in police custody.

    Before his death, Adegbite had dreamed of studying at Middlesex University in the United Kingdom.

  • Teenager charged with stabbing BRT driver

    A 19-year-old man, Mathew Obong, who allegedly attacked and stabbed a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) driver with knife with others still at large at Oshodi, was yesterday brought before a magistrates’ court in Lagos.

    Obong, a resident of Ajanayo Street, Oniwaya, Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace, assault, grievous harm and conspiracy at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    According to the prosecuting Sergeant, Emmaunel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences on February 22 at Cappa Junction near Oshodi, Lagos.

    He said the accused with others still at large conspired and assaulted the BRT driver, Mr Stanley Kalu when he came out of his vehicle to urinate.

    “The accused stabbed the complainant with a knife all over his body,” he said.

    Ajayi said the complainant, who was driving from Oshodi towards Mushin, made a U-turn at Cappa Junction and came down from the vehicle to urinate.

    “After the complainant had off-load his passengers, he made a U-turn and parked to urinate.

    “The accused attacked him claiming that he beamed the headlight of the bus on them.

    “The accused removed a knife from his pocket and started stabbing him.

    “He and his accomplices ran away when blood was gushing out of the complainant’s body.

    “But when the police stormed the scene, only the accused was arrested,” he told the court.

    Ajayi said after beating and stabbing the complainant, the accused took his N13, 500 from his pocket.

    The offence contravened Sections 166, 171, 243 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Section 243 prescribes a maximum seven years jail term for offenders.

    The accused pleaded innocence of the offence and was granted N50,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    Magistrate F. A. Azeez adjourned the case till March 21.

     

  • Man in court over alleged rape of minor

    A 55-year-old man, Garba Ali, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping a teenager.

    The accused, a trader, who resides at 6, Adeniyi Kayode St., Ilupeju, a suburb of Lagos, was docked on a three-count charge of rape, sexual assault and breach of peace.

    The prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed on Feb. 11 at the residence of the accused.

    Ogu said that the victim, a 13-year-old girl, was hawking cheese cake after school hours when the accused called her.

    “The accused bought N50 cheese cake from her and told her to come back for her money.
    “On her return, the accused lured her to his room and sexually molested her,” he said.

    Ogu added that the victim cried all the way back to her house and told her mother what the accused did.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 166(b), 244 and 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Akanni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    She adjourned the case till March 13, pending issuance of legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

  • Court remands teenager in prison for ‘robbery’

    An Asaba Magistrates’ Court in Delta State has ordered the remand of a teenager (name withheld) at the Ogwashi-Uku Prison for alleged robbery.

    The accused is facing one-count charge of robbery.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. Okonkwo Aknume, who gave the order, adjourned the case till February 27.

    The prosecutor, Mr. Ali Samson, told the court the accused allegedly committed the offence on December 5 at Agbagana Street, Jarret, Asaba.

    He said the accused allegedly robbed Mr. Chibiuke Nnwite of his Techno phone, wallet and N34,000 while armed with an iron rod.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 6(b) and 2(a) of the Robbery and Fire Arms (Special Provision) Act Cap R11 Vol 14 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2006.

    The plea of the accused was not taken.

  • Police arraigns man for alleged rape of teenager

    Police arraigns man for alleged rape of teenager

    The Police in Enugu have arraigned one Anthony Ajim, 30, before an Enugu State High Court for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl.

    Ajim was alleged to have had unlawful carnal knowledge of the teenager on July 16, 2016, at No. 9 Egbona St. Topland Awkunanaw in Enugu.

    The Prosecuting Counsel, Mrs Esther Ani, said that the offence was contrary to section 309 of the Criminal Code Cap 30 Vol. 11 revised Law of Enugu State of Nigeria 2004.

    The Defence Counsel, Chief Onyegbuna Uzor, asked for a short date for hearing to commence after the accused person had pleaded not guilty to the charges and the court adjourned the matter to Feb. 28, 2017, for hearing.

    Meanwhile, one Chinedu Nweze who was charged for unlawful possession of firearms told the court that he did not have a gun not to talk of obtaining a licence from the Police.

    Nweze was accused of unlawful possession of one locally made pistol on May 6, 2013, at Idodo-Abakaliki Expressway, Emene in Enugu without a valid licence.

    The offence was said to be contrary to section 3 (1) of Robbery and Firearms (special provision) Act R11 Law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.

    In his defense, Nweze told the court that he did not know anything about the gun.

    The accused said that the Police told him a gun had been found in a bag from the car before he was asked to identify his bag.

    The prosecuting counsel, Mrs Obianuju Eze, reminded him that his statement was suggesting that his uncle’s wife was behind the gun found in his bag.

    Nweze said that he could not recall what he told the Police at the State Anti-Robbery Squad as he was battling pains from police gun shot.

    Counsel to the defence, Mr Izevbigie Iyobosa, told the court that he had nothing to ask the accused person and asked for a date.

    The court adjourned the case till April 3, 2017, for the adoption of addresses.