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  • Teenager in court over alleged theft of baby

    A teenager, Balogun Segun, was on Monday charged before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly stealing a baby, Aluko Faith.

    Segun, 18, who lives at No.7, Owolabi Street, Iyana-Ilogbo, Ota, is facing a one-count charge of stealing a baby.

    The Prosecutor, Itaita Ebibomino, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Feb. 25 at about 5:00 p.m. at Oko-Agi Area, Ota.

    He said that the accused stole A BABY, Aluko Faith, belonging to Aluko Kehinde.

    Ebibomino said that the offence contravened Section 371 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge preferred against him.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Funke Odubanjo, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N200,000 with responsible sureties in like sum.

    She said that the sureties should be resident within the court’s jurisdiction and should be gainfully employed.
    Odubanjo also directed that one of the sureties should be a guardian or parent of the accused, while others should produce one year tax clearance from the Ogun State Government.

    In addition, the sureties should submit four recent passport photographs to the court and the addresses of the sureties should be verified.

    The case was adjourned till April 29, for hearing.

     

  • Teenager kills retired headmistress in Edo

    A teenager, who has been on the wanted list of the Nigeria Police as a serial killer, Happy Agbangbanyan, has killed a retired headmistress, identified as Clara Uwaifo.

    Clara, aged 65, was shot dead in front of her residence at 27, Oviawe Street, off Upper Siluko road, Ogida, Benin-City, at about 3pm.

    She was said to be returning from an hospital where she went to see her daughter when she was killed.

    Late Clara retired last year from Uwelu Primary School in Ikpoba Okha Local Government.

    Her grand-daughter, who claimed to have witnessed the killing, said she saw the suspect following her grandmother as she approached their residence.

    She stated that the suspect pulled out a gun from his trousers and shot at the woman from behind, just as she made a move to collect a bag from her grandmother,

    Some family members said the deceased family has been at logger heads with the suspect’s family for many years.

  • 14-year-old teenager remanded for defiling minor

    14-year-old teenager remanded for defiling minor

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 14-year-old teenager (names withheld) at the Boys Correctional Centre, Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, for allegedly raping a five-year-old daughter of his neighbour.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, who remanded the accused, over the alleged defilement, then adjourned the case to March 23, to listen to the accused’s bail application.

    The accused, a student, who lives with his parents at 2, Kao Close, Santos Estate, Dopemu, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of defilement.

    The prosecutor, Benedict Aigbokhan, said the accused committed the offence on Feb. 4, at his residence’s toilet.

    “One of the neighbours, who heard the cry of the girl, had to rush into the toilet where he apprehended the accused,” the prosecutor told the court.

    The offence, according to the prosecutor, contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 137 prescribes that any person who has sexual intercourse with a child is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

  • Teenager remanded in prison for ‘killing’ friend

    An Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos yesterday remanded Oluwatobi Olukoya, 19, in prison custody for allegedly hacking his friend to death with machete.

    Chief Magistrate A.O. Ajibade ordered that the accused, who is charged with murder, be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons, pending the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the plea of Olukoya, who lives at 38, Lagos Road, Epe, was not taken.

    Prosecuting Inspector Gbemileke Agoi told the court that the offence was committed last October 25 around 10am at Popo Oba Street in Epe, Lagos.

    He alleged that the accused and the deceased, Laja Adebayo, 18, had a misunderstanding over an undisclosed matter.

    “Olukoya, thereafter, picked up a machete which he used to hack the deceased to death,” he said.

    Agoi noted that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which prescribes death sentence for convicts.

    Chief Magistrate Ajibade adjourned the case till March 2.

  • Police officer arrested for defiling seven-year-old girl

    Police officer arrested for defiling seven-year-old girl

    Ebonyi State Police Command Monday arrested one of its officers Ndubuisi Ewerem for allegedly defiling a 7 year old girl, Chiamaka Nwankwo.

    The Police officer who has been detained at the Central Police Station, (CPS) Abaakaliki allegedly defiled the little girl and daughter of his neighbour at his residence at No. 29 off Nibo street.

    The Nation learnt that the suspect lured the victim by telling her to buy Onion for him and as soon as the girl came into his apartment to deliver the said item, he used the opportunity to defile her.

    While residents within the neighborhood alleged that the victim was raped by the policeman others accused the suspect of being in the practice of sexually abusing teenagers.

    The Commissioner of Police, CP Peace Ibekwe Abdallah confirmed the ugly episode but said investigation is still ongoing.

    She insisted that whether the victim was raped or fingered, the act allegedly perpetuated by the policeman was a crime punishable under the law.

    She stressed that the suspect would be punished if found guilty of the crime.

    The command, she maintained, was committed to sanitizing the force and promised that acts contrary to the laws guiding the constitution of the Nigerian police were decisively dealt with.

    She said: “The case was reported to the Central Police Station, CPS Monday by the parent of the victim and going by the statement of the victim, she was fingered by the policeman. We don’t tolerate such act in the Nigerian police force. Whether rape or not, any act of defilement is a very serious crime which must be dealt with. The suspect is under detention.”

    According to the Commissioner of Police, the result of the medical test conducted on the victim would ascertain whether she was raped or not as investigation into the case was still on.

  • Court remands driver for alleged rape of teenager

    Court remands driver for alleged rape of teenager

    A Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday remanded a 44-year-old driver, Ayodele Obayelu, in prison for alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl.

    Obayelu, a resident of Durumi village, Abuja, was arraigned on a one-count charge of rape.

    The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, remanded Obayelu in prison after he pleaded guilty to the charge of rape.

    Kagarko said Obayelu would be tried summarily because rape was a capital offence.

    He adjourned the case till March 8, for trial.

    The Prosecutor, Urom Out, had told the court that one Ruth Williams of Boloni Guest Inn, Area 8, Abuja, reported the matter at the Garki Police Station on Jan. 10.

    He said the complainant sent her house-help to Obayelu’s place and he took the girl to his house in pretence to buy some things for children and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

    “The girl screamed for help and nobody came to her rescue and when Obayelu was done, blood gushed out of girl’s private part.

    “He further threatened the girl not to tell anyone and asked her to wash her private part with water.”

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code.

  • Teenager in court for sexually abusing toddler

    Teenager in court for sexually abusing toddler

    The police on Wednesday arraigned a 16-year-old boy at the chambers of the Gudu Upper Area Court, for allegedly abusing a toddler sexually.

    The accused (name with-held) of Kuje, Abuja, is standing trial on a charge of gross indecency.

    The prosecutor, Asp. Adama Musa, said one Samuel Zakka of Pegi village, Kuje, Abuja reported the matter at the FCT command, Abuja on Sep. 22.

    According to him, the accused deceived and took the complainant’s two and a half year old daughter to a nearby uncompleted building and abused her sexually.

    He said that the accused dipped his finger into the private part of the little girl.

    Musa said that during police investigations into the matter, the girl was taken to the hospital and it was revealed that she was abused sexually.

    He said that the offence contravened Section 285 of the penal code of the Laws of the Federation.

    The accused however pleaded not guilty.

    The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko granted the accused bail in the sum of N100, 000, with one surety that must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.

    He adjourned the case to Dec. 17 for hearing.

  • Teenager pours hot water on mistress

    The police have re-arraigned a 17-year-old girl before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly bathing her employer with hot water.

    She was said to have poured the hot water on Dupe Agba, while she was asleep in her house on Osho Street, Lagos Island, on September 14.

    The teenager is standing trial on two counts of assault and causing grievous bodily damage under Sections 171 and 243 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos.

    Prosecuting police Inspector Philip Osijale said the defendant committed the offence a day after she was employed by the victim.

    Osijale said the defendant boiled water and monitored her boss until she slept off and then poured it on her.

    He alleged that the defendant told the police she committed the offence intentionally to teach the woman a lesson.

    The assault, he said, caused the woman injury on her chest, hands and other parts of her body.

    Osijale said the victim was still undergoing treatment.

    The suspect pleaded not guilty.

    Magistrate W. Balogun granted her N100,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.

    She adjourned the matter till October 6, for mention.

  • Pastor arraigned for defiling teenager

    Pastor arraigned for defiling teenager

    A 40-year-old Pastor, Abraham Akpan, was arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday over the defilement of a teenager.

    Akpan of No. 39, Hassan Ogunmola St., Ijaiye, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on rape.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that Akpan committed the offence between Aug. 27 and Aug. 29 at his residence.

    He told the court that the parents of the 16-year-old girl took her to the church for deliverance where Akpan allegedly defiled her.

    “At the deliverance session, when nobody was there, the pastor raped the girl severally,” he said.

    The prosecutor said the offence contravened Sections 135, 137 and 141 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    Akpan, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, adjourned the case to Sept. 21 for ruling on the bail application for Akpan.

  • Kids, teenager, octogenarian die in disasters

    Four persons yesterday died in various disasters across Lagos State.

    A 10-year-old girl Miss Eniola Shodipe drowned in a well at Atanda Street in Mafoluku, Oshodi.

    An infant – Isaiah Bamidele was recovered dead after a 17-passenger boat accident occurred around Odo-Isitu, Egan, a Lagos suburb.

    Another 16-year-old boy, as well as an octogenarian, were consumed in separate fire that occurred at Lekki and Ojo.

    Miss Shodipe, who was said to have visited some relatives to spend the long vacation, fell in the well while playing with other kids.

    The incident, which occurred at about 2pm threw the neighbours into panic.

    Many struggled to rescue her but were unsuccessful because the wood used to cover the well fell on her.

    Though, the well was not very deep, the teenager passed on before she was recovered.

    Six-year-old Bamidele was the only casualty in the boat accident that occurred around 1:20pm.

    The Nation learnt that the boat had colluded with another one coming from Totowu. Bamidele fell inside the water.

    He was recovered dead by local divers and handed over to his family who buried him immediately.

    The 16-year-old boy died in a fire outbreak at 35c, Ajiran Road, Agungi, Lekki; the 86-year-old woman died in a separate fire outbreak at the weekend.

    Confirming the incidents, the director, Lagos State Fire Service,  Rasaq Fadipe said the old woman’s building of 10 rooms on Dickson Adebayo Street, Iba New Site, Ojo, was consumed in the inferno.

    Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Dr Onimode Bandele urged residents to be safety conscious.

    He appealed to boat operators to embrace the use of safety jackets and ensure their passengers comply.

    Bandele hailed the local divers for their prompt response in savings the victims, noting that more lives would have been lost if not for their swift intervention.