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  • Satanic cleric rapes three daughters of couple who housed him free for seven years

    Satanic cleric rapes three daughters of couple who housed him free for seven years

    A Lagos woman on Tuesday stunned an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that her three daughters, aged 12, nine and seven were serially defiled by a muslim cleric, the family housed free for between seven and eight years

    The victim’s mother made the revelation while testifying as the second prosecution witness in the trial of Ibrahim Idris, a 26-year-old cleric, charged with defilement.

    The mother of six, who is also married to a cleric while being led in evidence by the state counsel, Mr Gbenga Alagbe, told the court that she knew about the alleged defilement from a teacher in the school her daughters were attending.

    “In 2017, I received a call from the teacher of the school my children go to for lessons. The teacher told me that one of my daughters told her something and that she wanted me to hear for myself what she said.

    “When we got to the office at the school, my oldest daughter (Daughter A) said that Idris slept with her and her younger sisters.

    “I was told by the teacher that earlier while Daughter “A”was being interrogated about the allegations, she ran out of the class.

    “A woman had seen her and had taken her back into the school and when she saw a male teacher she was scared because Idris was sleeping with her and anytime she sees a male teacher, she becomes withdrawn and scared ,” the mother said.

    The mother said following the revelation, she took her children home from the school and her husband who was not around during that period, arrived two days later on Aug. 11, 2017.

    She noted that when the father arrived, the defendant was summoned to their residence.

    “We asked him about the allegations and he insisted nothing happened. We took him to the police station for questioning and we were referred to the Mirabel Center at Ikeja for medical examinations.

    “I had asked Daughter B (9-years-old) about the allegations and she said it was true, I had asked Daughter A (12-years-old) about the allegations but she was afraid to tell me what happened.

    “However, when we got to the police station, Daughter A told me what had happened,” the mother said.

    While being cross-examined by the defence counsel, Mr Lekan Ijelu, the woman said the defendant was living with her family when he allegedly committed the crimes.

    She noted that he had stopped residing with her family when the allegations came to light.

    “He lived with us for seven or eight years. When he was living with us permanently, he used to go for his Islamic classes in the morning around 8am and return around 5pm.

    “When he was temporarily residing with us, he used to stay on Fridays till Sundays,” she said.

    The mother told the court that there were six adult males including the defendant who had lived in her home with her husband who is also a cleric.

    She said she was shocked when she heard the allegations.

    “He is a gentle boy. He says the truth all the time and when I’am going out, I leave my kids with him to take care of them for me, I trusted him so much, I was shocked to hear what he did to my daughters,” she said.

    Following her evidence, the state prosecutor appealed to the presiding judge to address the woman to ensure that the mother brings her three daughters to court to testify against Ibrahim.

    “My lord, the witness said that she did not want to bring her daughters to testify, because she feels it may be traumatic for them,” Alagbe said.

    Responding, Justice Sybil Nwaka told the woman that preventing her children from coming to court will amount to the offence of obstruction of justice.

    “The children are the victims. They must come to court to testify. This case is not your case, it is the case of the Lagos State Government.

    “You reported the case, the children must come to court to testify. That is the process and procedure, if not you will be regarded as a hostile witness and that is an offence,” Justice Nwaka said.

    The woman responded: “My lord, I feel it has been a long time. I do not want them to be reminded of what happened.”

    Justice Nwaka adjourned the case until March 4 for continuation of trial.

    Earlier during proceedings, a medical doctor and first prosecution witness, Dr Oyedeji Alagbe, of the Mirabel Center (a sexual assault referral centre) had interpreted the finding of his medical examinations on the minors.

    Alagbe confirmed to the court that medical examination revealed that the three daughters were defiled.

    According to the prosecution, Ibrahim committed the offences sometime in 2017 at the complainants home at Agege, Lagos.

    “The defendant, Idris, a cleric on various occasions defiled the sisters aged 12, nine and seven-years-old in their home.

    “The offence contravenes Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2015 which prescribes a life sentence for anyone found guilty of the offence of defilement,” Alagbe said

  • Tragic! Mother, three daughters die in Yobe fire

    The Yobe State Fire Service has confirmed that a mother and her three daughters were killed in a fire incident on Tuesday night at Red Bricks Quarters, on Maiduguri road, Damaturu.

    Damaturu Fire Station Officer, Mr Usman Habu, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday, said that the incident occurred at about 11.00 p.m.

    “We were informed about the fire incident at Red Bricks quarters, Maiduguri road, Damaturu around 11.00 p.m.

    “When we arrived at the scene, we learnt that the victims’ father, Malam Adamu Aliyu, had made efforts to rescue his family, but was only able to save his five-year-old son, Faruq Aliyu.

    “The fire became too fierce and he could not save the rest of his family members, but he managed to jump out to safety.

    “We forced open the door and recovered the woman’s corpse, as well as her three daughters.

    Habu blamed the deaths to lack of a back door to serve as an emergency exit.

    He advised prospective tenants and home owners to always ensure that the property they intended to rent or build had a minimum of two entrances.

    “If there was an `escape door’, the man could have saved his family,’’ Habu said.

    The fire station officer also appealed to residents in the state to avoid keeping inflammable items in the home and switch off all electric appliances after power outage and when not at home.

    Madam Binta Mohammed, one of the neighbours and a friend to the family, told NAN that the three girls, Aisha Aliyu, Saadatu Aliyu, and Safiya Aliyu, were aged 10, eight and two years respectively.

    Dr Istifanus Dauda of Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who also confirmed the incident to NAN, said the boy was brought in with an inflamed bone and he was receiving medical attention at the hospital.

    “The report that I was given by the doctor on call last night was that there were people that lost their lives in the incident.

    “According to the report, there was only one survivor in that family apart from the person that is currently on admission,’’ Dauda explained.

  • Ex NNPC staff, Godwin Elewana sentenced to death for killing daughter’s boyfriend

    Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Wednesday sentenced a retired worker of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Godwin Elewana, to death by hanging.

    The court found Elewana guilty of the murder of a 22-year-old pupil, Douglas Ojugbo, on March 10, 2015 over suspicion that the victim was having an affair with his daughter, Mercy.

    Elewana, who had been in prison custody since 2016, was arraigned on one count of murder in case no. HC/9C/2015.

    The presiding judge of the court, Justice Ukpa Ebitam, said the prosecution team, led by Mr. Eneji Amajama, a Deputy Director in the Department of Public Prosecutions in the state Ministry of Justice, proved its case that the accused committed the crime.

    Ebitam listed the several confessional statements, hospital reports and other exhibits presented in the course of trial as reasons the accused was convicted.

    He said, “The prosecution team was able to establish ingredients of murder against the accused. On whether it was the act of the accused that caused the death of the victim, the prosecution team placed reliance mostly on the confessional statement of the accused…clearly, the statement linked the murder to the accused.

    “The prosecution team also proved the second ingredient of murder which was the intentional act. To have fired the victim twice with his pump-action gun, I agree that the killing was intentional. I hereby find the accused person guilty of murder.

    “Subject to Section 319 of the Criminal Code of Cross River State, any person who commits murder is sentenced to death by hanging.”

    Moments before the verdict was given, the defence counsel, Mr. Clement Ukaegbu, had pleaded for leniency.

    Ukaegbu’s position was supported by another lawyer, Mr. Orchardson Umoh, who pleaded with the judge to temper justice with mercy on the grounds that the convict had a good religious standing and high integrity in the society.

    Shortly after the verdict, the leader of the prosecution team, Amajama, said the law had taken its course.

    He said, “I thank God that we have industrious and sound judges who still uphold the rule of law. Today, the parents of the deceased would have some respite that the law of the land took its course.

    “This judgement will serve as a deterrent to others that you cannot do what is wrong and go away with it and I think that our society will be better for it.

    “The accused was tried under Section 319 of the Criminal Code of Cross River State. Under this section, the judge does not have the right to give him life imprisonment or any other jail term. The judge has just done what the law stipulates.”

  • Tragedy as Mother, two daughters killed, tucked in bed

    A woman and her two daughters were found dead on Sunday night at their home in North Royalton, Ohio, and from the way their bodies were placed, it looked as though they were tucked into bed.

    Police are referring to the deaths as a targeted attack.

    The mother, 45-year-old Suzanne Taylor, had a fatal knife cut while the daughters had no obvious sign of death so it is still not clear what led to their death until the result of an autopsy is released. Suzanne’s body was found in bed by police. Beside her were 21-year-old Taylor Pifer and 18-year-old Kylie Pifer. All three bodies were tucked under the covers.

    Police found them after a 911 call from Taylor’s boyfriend informed them of what had happened at the house. Upon investigation, there appeared to be no signs of forced entry into the house. Police suspect the daughters were killed in another part of the house then brought to their mother’s bed. No arrest has been made yet and police say they do not have a suspect at the moment.

    Forensic evidence has been collected from the scene and is currently being investigated. In addition, autopsies are also being conducted and there is hope that progress will be made.

    Mourning the slain young women, the girls’ stepmother said that the family was blindsided by the death of the girls who she referred to as great kids.

    “They were great kids. Taylor and Kylie were great students. Taylor was majoring in fashion design, while Kylie was involved in theatre and was majoring in forensic science.” she said

    Source: PEOPLE