Operatives of the Edo Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu, for allegedly defiling a two years old minor in the state. The suspect on June 7, reportedly lured the minor into his room and defiled her. The spokesperson of the Edo Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor,...
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Police in Lagos State arraigned a 42-year-old Qur’anic teacher, Suleiman Araromi, before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a lady and defrauding her of N536,000. Araromi, who resides at Balogun Ilawe Street, Alapere, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge of stealing, fraud and unlawful sexual...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The police have arrested three men for allegedly gang-raping a 12-year old hawker in Jalam town in Dambam Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The state police spokesman, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said in a statement on Friday that the suspects lured...
Hearing in the case against Premiere Academy, Lugbe over alleged failure to care for 14 year old Keren-Happuch Akpagher which led to her alleged rape and death was stalled on Thursday in an Abuja High Court. The 14-year-old girl died on June 22, 2021 after she allegedly contracted sepsis...
The police command in Ogun says it has arrested a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Adebola Sodiq, for allegedly raping a 20-year-old girl. (name withheld). SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Spokesman in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi explained that the...
The Kwara Police Command has arrested 13 crime suspects, including a medical director, for offences ranging from rape to armed robbery, cultism and rituals. The suspects, who were paraded before newsmen by the Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, included the Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Sawmill Area, Ilorin, Dr Ayodele...
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly raping a patient. The suspect was arraigned on two counts of act of gross indecency and rape contrary to sections 285 and 283 of the penal code. The police alleged that the defendant sedated the...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 34-year-old man, John Agbo, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs E.Kubeinje, who did not take Agbo’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Kubeinje, however, directed the police to send the...
A 23-year-old assistant pastor on Tuesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a bishop, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, allegedly raped her twice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwafeyiropo is standing trial on an amended three-count-charge bordering on rape and sexual assault, to which he...
An Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Tuesday, remanded a couple, Omolara Alashe, 36 and her husband, Ramoni Lateef, 40 , for allegedly assaulting and raping their 19-year old housekeeper. The couple, who reside in Igbonla, Ketu, Lagos State, are facing trial for alleged rape, assault, stealing...
A sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has remanded the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members (name withheld). According to the prosecution, the defendant allegedly committed the offences sometime in June 2020 in Ikota...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna on Thursday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the plea of Yusuf, ordered the police to duplicate the case file...
The Police Command in Adamawa says it has arrested a 70-year-old Man, Usman Ibrahim, for allegedly raping two minors in Yola-North Local Government Area (LGA). SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclose this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He said that the survivors were four- and seven-year...
A 17-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly defiling two minors. The Police Commissioner in Kano, Mr Mamman Dauda, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. ”The police on April 2, at about 3 p.m received a distress call that...
A Family Court in Iyaganku , Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 50-year-old man, Isaac Fagbohun, in Abolongo Correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. The police charged Fagbohun with defilement. Chief Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of Fagbohun for want...
An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a 50-year-old man. Gboyega Lasisi, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of the defendant due to want of jurisdiction,...
A teenager (name withheld) on Monday told an Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Pastor Pope Paul allegedly deflowered her and had sex with her on many occasions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 19-year-old survivor, who was living with the cleric, was...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (name withheld). The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Oyeyemi noted that the...
A Family Court sitting in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School , Eleyele , Ibadanbe in Oyo State be remandsed for allegedly raping a female colleague, who was mentally challenged. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are minors. The police...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a 36-year-old man, Roland Okajare be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling his 18-year-old daughter. The police charged Okajarewith one count of defilement. Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikiri Custodial...