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23-year-old bags life imprisonment for raping Lagos teenager
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Special Offences Court has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Blessing Okon, to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl.
The prosecutor, while arraigning Okon before the court, said he committed the offence on September 13, 2019, on Ribadu Road, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
During the trial, the prosecution called three witnesses — the victim, her father and a medical doctor. Okon testified solely in his defence.
The victim, during her evidence, told the court that the convict sexually assaulted her when she was nine years old by touching her breasts on two occasions.
She added that he defiled her when she was 14 years old by dragging her to the staircase of her home and having unlawful sexual intercourse with her.
Delivering her judgment, Justice Soladoye, who noted that the victim was consistent in her evidence before the court which established that the defendant had been having sexual contact with her since she was nine years old, described the convict as shameless.
She said, “This defendant is lacking in compassion; he had sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl. There was overwhelming evidence against him as presented by the prosecution. He therefore should pay for his sexual crime.
“He is guilty of Section 137 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State and is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine. His name is to be entered into the register of sexual offenders in Lagos State.”
Justice Soladoye commended the chaplain of the victim’s school who reported the incident for listening to the teenager’s complaints and reporting the case to the authorities without any cover-up.
She urged heads of other schools to do the same.
February 2, 2022
Police arrest Lagos Married man, who plundered receptionist after visiting the hotel with his girlfriend
A Lagos resident, identified only as Fuad, has been arrested for allegedly plundering a receptionist in a toilet in the Mutab Hotel and Suites on Abeokuta Street, in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State.
Our Reporter gathered that the 19-year-old victim was asleep at the reception of the hotel when one of the lodgers woke her up at midnight and requested a towel.
The victim immediately left the reception, went to the backyard of the hotel to get the towel and was on her way to attend to the guest when she felt the urge to relieve herself.
The victim, who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday, said she decided to urinate at the general toilet at the backyard when Fuad accosted her inside the toilet.
She said, “He wore only his underpants when he blocked me inside the toilet. I saw a bottle with him and he said if I refused to have sex with him, he would use the bottle to kill me. He raped me inside the toilet and after he was done, he left me there. The incident happened between 12 midnight and 1am on Saturday when everybody was asleep.
“I was also asleep until one of our customers woke me up and said that he needed a towel. I was the one who attended to him (Fuad) when he came with his girlfriend to lodge in our hotel. He paid N5,000 for the room. He must have seen me when I went to pick the towel as he left his girlfriend inside the room, blocked me inside the toilet and raped me there.
“I reported the incident to my manager, Mr Ali, who raised the alarm in the morning. Mr Ali and my colleagues went to Fuad’s room, apprehended him and it was at that point that his girlfriend knew what he did. My manager and colleagues saw the bottle Fuad used to threaten me inside the toilet.”
The owner of the hotel, Mutairu Oke, said the suspect was handed over to the police, adding that the receptionist was taken to hospital for treatment.
He said, “Immediately I was informed in the morning, I instructed my workers to apprehend him. I rushed down to the hotel and took him to the Denton Police Station. Fuad is currently detained there.
“We have taken our receptionist to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja, where it was confirmed that she was raped. They gave her some medications and told her to return to the hospital on Monday for further tests.”
The Chief Security Officer, Lagos Mainland Local Government Area, Ishola Agbodemu, while condemning the incident, said Fuad was fond of causing trouble in the area.
He added, “Despite our efforts to reduce crime in the area, it is surprising that someone who has a wife at home, raped a receptionist in the same hotel he lodged with his girlfriend.
“People know the boy (Fuad) in the neighbourhood; his friends have been trying to intimidate the girl from speaking out.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident.
He said, “The suspect has been arrested. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has directed the gender unit of the command to take over the case for further investigation.”
November 23, 2021
Ekiti Police Arrest Six for Kidnapping, Rape, Defilement
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested six suspects in connection with alleged cases of kidnapping, rape, and defilement, which have become rampant in the recently.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Babatunde Mobayo, at a parade conducted in Ado Ekiti yesterday said the men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on September 19, 2021 at about 07:30p.m. arrested suspects, Abu Tobi, Falodun Ojo, Ogundele Tope and Adams Saheed for allegedly kidnapping Oyetuyi Taiwo and Ibitoyi Pelumi.
Mobayo, represented by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, said the suspects were arrested at Soludero hotel, Isan-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of the state. “It was gathered that on September 18, 2021, Abu Tobi, Falodun Ojo and Ogundele Tope left Ayede-Ekiti on an unregistered Boxer Bajaj motorcycle and arrived at Isan-Ekiti at about 3:30p.m. and settled at a drinking joint very close to Soludero Hotel where their targets had lodged.
They also invited one Adams Saheed to join them before carrying out their plan.
“At about 08:30 p.m. of the same day, the suspects moved into the hotel and abducted the two victims after which they started demanding a ransom of N20 million from the family of the victims.
“Thorough investigation led to the arrest of Abu Tobi and Falodun Ojo and the subsequent arrest of Ogundele Tope and Adams Saheed. One unregistered Boxer Bajaj motorcycle was also recovered from the suspects,” Mobayo said.
The commissioner of police also revealed the arrest of one Ibrahim Hassan on September 19, 2021, at about 06:10p.m. for allegedly abducting two victims on Ayebode-Odo/Ayede-Ekiti road with his gang, assuring the state that others at large would be nabbed and brought to justice.
Mobayo also paraded an 18-year-old
Oluwaseun for allegedly defiling a three- year old child.
According to him, “Investigation revealed that the suspect lured the victim into his room on August 6, 2021, at about 3:50p.m. where he had carnal knowledge of her. The victim was thereafter taken to the hospital for medical examination and treatment.
“The expert opinion proves that there was a penetration in the private part of the victim. Meanwhile, further investigation revealed that when the grandmother of the victim heard about the incident, she demanded the sum of N50,000 from the parents of the suspect for amicable settlement of the case.
“The said money was paid to her and she converted it into her personal use. She was also arrested and shall be charged to court alongside the suspect for compounding felony and defilement respectively.”
September 29, 2021
Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged by the Cheshire Constabulary with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says the alleged events took place in Cheshire, northwest England, between October 2020 and August 2021 and relate to three complainants over the age of 16.”Mendy, of Withinlee Road, Prestbury, has been remanded in police custody and will appear before Chester Magistrates’ Court on Friday 27 August 2021,” the CPS statement read.In a statement on the club’s website, Manchester City said Mendy “has been suspended pending an investigation.””The matter is subject to a legal process and the Club is therefore unable to make further comment until that process is complete,” the statement read.CNN has reached out to Mendy’s representatives but did not receive an immediate response.
August 27, 2021
Barber Allegedly Rapes 8-Year-Old Girl Inside Her Mother’s Shop In Oyo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command, has arraigned one Olalekan Joshua, 16, before the Magistrate Adetuyibi at Iyaganku Family Court 2 for allegedly raping a minor
Olalekan, a barber and native of Ibadan from Onipasan area of Odejayi allegedly raped an 8-year-old girl in her mother’s shop on December 18, 2020 around 8pm.
The suspect was arraigned by the Anti Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Command on Thursday, March 11.
Magistrate Adetuyibi P O. of family Court 2 Iyaganku Ibadan later remanded the suspect at Abolongo Correctional Service in Oyo and adjourned the case to 15th May 2021.
Speaking at the Command State Headquarters Agodi, Ibadan, after the sitting, the State Commandant Iskilu Akinsanya, who frowned at the incident, warned those indulging in such acts to desist as the NSCDC will not hesitate to punish offenders. He admonished parents to take proper care of their children and also encouraged them to be disciplined.
March 12, 2021
19-year-old Girl Wants Surname Changed After Being Raped By Her
A 19-year-old secondary school girl simply identified as Linda has insisted that her surname be changed after she was allegedly raped by her father.
Linda, while narrating the harrowing experience she allegedly suffered in the hands of her father who she identified as Akanni, said he raped her in 2019, threatening that she would die if she exposed it to anyone.
She spoke in an interview with newsmen at the Lagos State Police Command.
She said, “Words cannot narrate the trauma and pains I suffered.”
Following the rape incidents, Linda is appealing to her mother to change her surname, failure of which she might commit suicide.
She said, “Sometime in 2019, I went to stay with my aunty (paternal) in Ilogbo Ifo, Ogun. My father came to see his sister. There was a day he called me into the room and immediately I got inside he shut the door. He used his hands to cover my mouth and told me not to shout. Even if I had shouted, nobody would have heard me.
“He raped me and told me not to tell anyone or I would die. I kept the rape to myself, but I couldn’t bear it any more. So I spoke up and my mother got to know.
“So I want government to punish him for what he did to me, but he should be made to pay for my university education.”
The girl’s mother, Ayinde Rasheedat, said she brought the matter to the attention of her estranged husband but that he denied it.
“Something terrible happened on 28th December 2019. When Mr Akanni Nurudeen, her father, forcefully raped her and threatened her to keep the secret or die miserably. I got to know this when my daughter asked me to allow her change her surname. She narrated the rape to my sister, Mrs Lateefat, and my sister told me about it.”
When contacted, Mr Akanni denied the allegation, saying, “I never raped my daughter. This is the handiwork of my estranged wife. As I am speaking with you, I am paralysed. I was involved in an accident in November, 2019. That accident paralysed me. The allegation is false and I am hearing it from you for the first time.”
February 4, 2021
7 elderly men allegedly gang-rape 12-year-old mentally disabled girl in Sokoto, brag they have high profile politicians behind them
Family Seeks Justice For 12-Year-Old Sokoto Rape Victim
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Sokoto State, Suleiman Usman, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), on Friday, said the state government had put in place, a formidable team of lawyers to prosecute a rape case involving a 12-year-old girl.
Usman said he would personally lead the team in order to ensure that justice is done for the victim, who is mentally disabled.
He ruled out any favour to the suspects, who are alleged to be the “boys’’ of some high profile politicians in the state.
Usman explained that the delay in prosecuting the case was caused by efforts to establish a strong case against the suspects.
It was reported that the girl was allegedly raped by seven elderly men, who threatened to kill her if she exposed them.
The mother of the girl, Hajiya Jamila Tudun Wada, told Daily Trust that the suspects took advantage of her daughter’s condition to violate her.
Some of the suspects who allegedly committed the act were identified as Lele and Mohammed, who allegedly lured the girl to an uncompleted building.
According to her, the suspects were earlier arraigned before a magistrate’s court, which remanded them as they awaited a legal advice from the state’s Ministry of Justice.
“We did not know what happened thereafter, but we started seeing them in the streets.
“Some of them even came to our residence, bragging that they were out and we would not do anything about it because they had some prominent politicians behind them,’’ she said.
She was, however, optimistic that with the involvement of the commissioner, the suspects would get what they bargained for.
February 1, 2021
Herders: Oyo Residents present evidence, alleges herders collected N50m ransoms, raped 15 women
Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen.
The community leaders, who spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town, stated that they had paid a total of N50m as ransoms for kidnappings carried out by herdsmen in the community.
The community also presented to the delegation, pictures and other evidence of ransoms paid to the herdsmen.
They accused the Seriki Fulani of complicity in the negotiation of ransoms.
The delegation comprising officials of the state and the new Commissioner of Police in the state Command, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, on Sunday, visited Ibarapa where violence erupted on Friday over kidnappings and killings by herdsmen.
Recall that there was violence at Igangan on Friday when a popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, alongside his followers, stormed the Fulani settlement in the ancient town to eject Seriki Fulani, Salihu Abdukadir, and herdsmen accused of perpetrating crimes ranging from kidnappings, killings, rape to invasion of farmlands with their cattle.
During the crisis, the Seriki Fulani of Igangan and his family members were evicted from the town and their property torched.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to state Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, Igangan community leaders on Sunday stated that besides the payment of N50m as ransoms, 15 women were raped by the herders in the town.
But Fulani leaders, who attended the meeting, begged for forgiveness, saying the Fulani were ready for peaceful co-existence with their hosts.
The Secretary of Igangan Development Advocates, Lawal Akeem, said the people were tired of the antics of the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, whom he accused of complicity in different kidnap cases.
He also said that the community had been forced to pay about N50 million in ransoms for different cases of kidnapping, while also accusing Fulani herders of regularly vandalising farms and raping women of the community.
A youth in the town, Taiwo Adeagbo, said that no fewer than 15 women had been raped in recent weeks.
A member of the state House of Assembly, Peter Ojedokun, also told the delegation that the peace in Ibarapaland had been stirred by the Fulani herders with the incessant attacks on members of the community, kidnappings and other crimes.
LG caretaker chairman, community leader accuse Seriki Fulani of complicity
The Caretaker Chairman of Ibarapa North-West Local Council Development Area, Okediji Olusegun, also corroborated the allegations levelled against the Seriki Fulani of Igangan, saying that the Seriki had been fingered in the series of security challenges in the area many times.
January 25, 2021
Rape/Kidnapping: Gov. Sule move to Nail perpetrators
By Abel Leonard/ Lafia
Governor Abdulahi Sule of Nasarawa state says it will Nail perpetrators who carry out rape and kidnapping crime in the state, adding that it is worrisome and a course for concern not only to the people of the State, but also the international community as a whole.
Sule made the call while flagging off a sensitization programme against kidnapping and rape across the state, at the Government House, Wednesday
Speaking on the theme of the event, “Kidnapping and Rape in Nigeria: Implications and Challenges for Economic Development in Nasarawa State, Sule, said his administration will do all it takes to ensure a favourable environment for economic activities to thrive in the state.
He described as worrisome the recent increase of kidnapping and rape cases in the state, which have continued to pose danger to human lives, and heightened fears among the people, with attendant negative implications, particularly on the girl child.
Engineer Sule however, noted that it is as a result of the situation that his administration signed into law in April this year, the Kidnapping and Rape Prohibition Act, which has since been gazetted, in order to curb rape and kidnapping offences in the state.
In his word “The law prohibits kidnapping and rape and further stipulated stiff penalties for violators, including death sentences in extreme cases, especially where the victims of kidnapping loses their lives,” he said.
He further emphasised that government will ensure full application of the law to stop people from committing or indulging in the both crime.
Sule commended security agencies operating in the state, for their efforts and resilience in the fight against crimes and criminality, which led to the release of kidnapped persons in the state.
He equally commended the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, for organizing the sensitization programme.
Reacting to End SARS protest in the state, the governor is calling on youths in the state to shun the ongoing protest, which he said, has taken a new dimension, resulting into loss of lives, and destruction of properties.
Engineer Sule further called on the youths to remain calm and not to get involved in the breakdown of law and order, as according to him, government is already on top of the situation.
Several resource persons presented papers on the way forward, especially on how to reduce the incidences of kidnapping and rape in the state.
Some of the speakers include, State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Associate Prof Abdulkarim Abubakar Kana, Emir of Lafia, HRH, Justice Sidi Bage (rtd), Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe and development expert and social activist, Dr. Nawani Aboki, among others.
October 22, 2020
86 year old blind woman was rape in Adamawa.
By Musa Isa Ahmed
Helen Bature 86 year old blind woman was rape by a 34 year old Abdulrahman Muhammed at lainde, Girei local government area.
The case was reported to the Police Division Vunokilang which was known as (hayingada) Division attached to Girei local government Division.
The suspect is in custody on investigation trial and transfer to the police Headquarter in yola.
October 15, 2020