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  • Student bags two years in jail for wooing lawmaker

    Student bags two years in jail for wooing lawmaker

    A 25-year-old Ugandan student has been sentenced to two years in jail for wooing a female legislator in the country.

    The court was told that Brian Isiko had been stalking and hoping that he would make his desired love for the legislator come true and never stopped asking for intimacy from the Kabalore woman member of parliament, Sylvia Rwabogogo, reports Ugbliz.

    I love you so much and want to protect you. My love is for you alone and since there is no one taking care of you, I will do it,” one of Brian Isiko’s messages.

    It was also reported that while in court, the accused Brian was smiling while Ms. Sylvia lamented the developments of the incident to the prosecutors which provoked the judge sentence the accused to two years in jail.

  • Court sentences ‘animal’ to 60 years in jail for raping minor

    Court sentences ‘animal’ to 60 years in jail for raping minor

    Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos, has described Adelaja Olaide, a 48-year-old convicted paedophile, as an “animal”, while sentencing him to 60 years in prison for raping a seven-year-old primary two pupil.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Olaide, a driver, who resides at No. 17, Itun Oluwo St., Ketu, Ejirin, Lagos, was convicted of rape on Monday.

    Paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children (Wikipedia).

    The judge said:“This defendant is a 48-year-old and the court has convicted him of the offence of defiling an eight-year-old based on the overwhelming evidence of four prosecution witnesses and the medical report.

    “This defendant can best be described as an animal without conscience.

    “He has destroyed the life of this girl-child and she can never remain the same mentally, physically and emotionally.

    “This defendant is not fit to walk on our streets, he is best described as a predator and should be locked up.

    “I hereby sentence him to 60 years in prison without an option of fine.”

    According to Babajide Boye, the Chief State Counsel, the convict committed the offence on June 27, 2015 at his residence in Lagos.

    “The convict who is a neighbour to the complainant’s family, lured the child to his apartment where he forcefully had sexual intercourse with her.

    “Oriyomi, the convict’s daughter, who witnessed her father committing the offence, informed the child’s mother of the crime.

    “The child’s mother inspected her daughter’s underwear and noticed seminal fluid and she immediately reported Olaide to the authorities,” he said.

    NAN reports that four witnesses testified for the prosecution during the trial : the child, her mother, the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) and a medical doctor.

    A. Muyideen, a medical doctor at the Ketu-Ejirin Medical Centre, who testified as the second prosecution witness, said on examining the complainant, his findings revealed an absence of hymen and a pool of sperm in her vagina.

    During her testimony, the child identified the convict using his popular nickname “Ijebu” as the person who defiled her.

    Mr Olaide, who solely testified in his defence, denied defiling the child, noting that the complainant’s mother had maliciously reported him to the police because of a prior misunderstanding.

    Earlier during the proceedings, R. E Hussaini, Mr Olaide’s counsel, asked the court to temper justice with mercy.

    “The defendant is a first-time offender, he is a family man who has been incarcerated since 2016 and his family has suffered greatly as a result of his incarceration.

    “The defendant has turned a new leaf and he has realised the gravity of his offence and I urge this court to temper justice with mercy,” she pleaded.

    Responding, Mr Boye asked the court to impose the maximum sentence on Olaide, noting that Lagos State Government was working hard to curb the menace of sexual offences.

    “I want to seek this opportunity to urge parents to talk to their children and urge them to speak out when they experience sexual abuse.

    “We are aware that there are so many vulnerable people who are victimised by their abusers but I want to assure them that the state will fight for them.

    “The state commends the courage of this victim because the stigma surrounding sexual offences is suffocating.

    “The state seeks a society that is safe for the vulnerable especially the girl-child.

    “We urge the court to impose the maximum sentence,”the state prosecutor said.

    Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State provides a life sentence for offenders.

  • Alleged PTF fraud: Obasanjo should have prosecute, jail Buhari – Fani –Kayode

    Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has former President Olusegun Obasanjo should have prosecuted and jailed President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly looting billions of naira as Petroleum Trust Funds (PTF) boss.

    Fani-Kayode was reacting to the ongoing faceoff between both leaders.

    Obasanjo, who had continued to insist that Buhari should not be re-elected over his administration’s alleged incompetence, impunity and nepotism among others, had recently begged Afenifere, the apex Yoruba group, to join him to ensure Buhari is sent packing from Presidential Villa in 2019.

    Responding, Buhari had told Obasanjo that he had questions to answer over the $16 billion his administration expended on power budget without any meaningful result.

    Obasanjo had fired back and said that no president “with proper understanding of the issue would utter such” thing as Buhari did on the issue of the $16 billion power project during his government.

    In his reaction on the matter, Fani-Kayode wrote on his Twitter handle, “PMB to OBJ, ‘where is the power?’

    “FFK to PMB, ‘where is your brain?’

    “The greatest mistake that OBJ made was not to prosecute and jail @MBuhari for looting PTF funds. I saw the report and it was shocking. Billions of dollars had vanished. OBJ summoned him and showed him the damning report. Buhari begged like a baby. Sadly OBJ let him off the hook.”

  • Drama as suspect tells magistrate ‘You’re too young to send me to jail’

    Drama as suspect tells magistrate ‘You’re too young to send me to jail’

    There was drama in a Zimbabwean court when a suspect threatened to assault a magistrate, Caroline Tafira, whom he felt, as a female magistrate, lacked the capacity to adjudicate his case.

    Tatenda Mkanganwi of Tabungaidzwa village, who is charged with sexual assault, flew into a rage, stormed out of the dock and had to be restrained by security officers who were manning the court proceedings after he told the magistrate that she was too junior for him and that she did not know him well.

    He yelled at the magistrate, telling her she was too young to send him to jail after she had pronounced that he be remanded in custody for continuation of trial.

    Magistrate Tafira remanded Mkanganwi in custody and ordered him to be examined by two doctors before he could be brought back to court.

  • Japan jail escapee nabbed after massive 3-week manhunt

    A thief who fled an open jail in Japan sparking a high-profile manhunt involving some 15,000 officers was taken into custody on Monday, police said, more than three weeks after his escape.

    Tatsuma Hirao, 27, a “model” inmate who was serving time for multiple thefts, was arrested on a street near Hiroshima railway station in western Japan, a local police spokesman told AFP.

    He was captured some 70 kilometres (40 miles) west of Mukaishima island, where police had deployed helicopters, drones, police dogs and infrared detectors to find him.

    Hundreds of officers a day were sent to the island for the manhunt with the total number reportedly reaching around 15,000 since early April, local media said.

    Hirao told investigators that he escaped from the island by swimming across the sea, according to public broadcaster NHK.

    Television footage showed Hirao, who was unshaven and wearing a black shirt, taken by several police officers to a police vehicle.

    The case has made headline news in Japan with TV channels picking over the manhunt in minute detail.

    Hirao gave guards the slip on April 8, vanishing from the facility, an “open institution” where inmates can walk around freely.

    Police detected the fugitive’s fingerprints and several thefts have been reported since his escape.

    The stolen items include socks, a mobile phone, a wallet, a pair of sandals and a car key, whose owner found a polite note — apparently from the fugitive — saying: “I’m borrowing your car but I’ll never damage it.”

    Justice Minister Yoko Kawakami made a rare apology for the difficulties in recapturing the criminal.

    “I deeply apologise to local residents and many people for troubling and worrying them for such a long time,” Kawakami said in a statement, adding that her ministry will take preventive measures.

    A total of 20 inmates have escaped since the prison opened in 1961.

    Japan enjoys one of the lowest crime rates in the developed world but has a relatively high re-offending rate.

     

  • Consume codeine illegally, go to jail – CPC

    The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has warned that illegal possession and consumption of codeine related drugs attracts severe sanctions.

    The council said in a statement that dispensing, possessing and consuming expectorants and cough syrups containing codeine and other illegal drugs was criminal and may subject offenders to apprehension, detention and prosecution.

    Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Director-General of CPC, issued the warning in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.

    The director-general said the warning was issued pursuant to Sections 2(c), (e), and (j), Consumer Protection Council Act 2004.

    Irukera said offenders may be apprehended, detained and prosecuted by the council or the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), adding that upon conviction, the offender could be sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

    He said CPC had advised that cough medication with codeine should be prescribed, dispensed and administered in an abundance of caution.

    He added that codeine should be administered only in strict compliance with professional medical direction, and in any case not prescribed for, dispensed to, or administered to minors.

    The director-general, however, noted that National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), while exercising its regulatory functions, said expectorants/cough syrups containing codeine might not be dispensed as non-prescriptive Over the Counter (OTC) medication.

    “As such, it is illegal and a violation of law to attempt to purchase, purchase, as well as dispense any such medication, except exclusively in accordance with prescription by a qualified and legitimate medical practitioner.

    “Any possession, delivery or provision of these medications in the absence of a prescription, or legal acquisition but dispensing to a person other than whom it is specifically prescribed for, is a violation of law,’’ he said.

    He added that the illegal possession of codeine also constitutes drug abuse, and presents significant medical risks including possible injury, risky behaviour, addiction and in extreme cases (especially paediatrics), fatality.

    Irukera said codeine is an opiate and one of many in the opioids family.

    He added that codeine is, therefore, classified as a narcotic substance, although not an illegal drug.

    “Codeine is largely used as a pain reliever and cough suppressant. As such, it is an active ingredient in some expectorants or cough syrups.

    “Codeine is implicated in serious adverse effects when taken with, or contemporaneously with alcohol or carbonated drinks.

    “These methods of mixtures negatively interact and have become a serious and dangerous pattern which pose significant risks of debilitating side effects including respiratory difficulties, nervous system deficiencies and mental impairment,’’ he said.

    He said emerging medical and regulatory preference was to prohibit prescription of cough medication containing codeine to minors because of its properties and propensity to promote addiction and other exposure to illegal drug use.

  • Former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, sentenced to 24 years in prison

    A South Korean court has found former President Park Geun-hye guilty on multiple counts of abuse of power, bribery and coercion and sentenced her to 24 years in prison.

    ImageFile: Corruption: Ousted Korea’s President to face prosecutors
    Former South Korean President, Park Geun-hye.

    Park’s conviction brings to close a corruption scandal which gripped South Korea, upending the country’s politics and implicating some of the country’s most powerful figures.
    “The President abused the power which was given to her by the citizens,” the judge said, adding a tough sentence was needed to send a firm message to the country’s future leaders. Prosecutors had asked for Park to receive a 30 year sentence.

    Supporters of South Korea’s former president Park Geun-hye gather during a rally demanding her release outside the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on April 6, 2018.

    Park, 66, was found guilty of 16 of the 18 charges she faced, related to a massive influence-peddling case that removed her from office last year. As well as the prison sentence she was also fined $17 million.

    The former president was not in the Seoul Central District Court to hear the verdict. Park and her lawyers refused to participate after the court decided to live broadcast the judgment, the first time this has happened in South Korea, after a law was passed last year to enable it.
    Park lawyer’s are expected to appeal her sentence.

    Outside the court, hundreds of supporters of Park had gathered to watch the verdict on a large screen, waving Korean and US flags and calling for the former president’s release. Older, conservative South Koreans, who remembered the dictatorship of Park’s father fondly as a period of strength for the country, were her electoral base and a common sight throughout the impeachment process.

    South Korea’s first female president, and the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee, Park Geun-hye was arrested in March 2017 shortly after she was stripped of her office by the country’s Constitutional Court, which upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach her.

    That vote came after millions of South Koreans took to the streets over a period of several months to demand Park’s ouster, after revelations of the alleged massive influence wielded by her adviser and confidant, Choi Soon-sil.

    Choi, the daughter of a cult leader once accused of having “complete control over Park’s body and soul during her formative years,” held no political office but is accused of using her influence over the President to funnel money to organizations she controlled and get her daughter a place at an elite university.

    Source: CNN

  • N6bn fraud: Ex-MD, Rural Electrification Agency, Gekpe others bag 3 year jail terms

    N6bn fraud: Ex-MD, Rural Electrification Agency, Gekpe others bag 3 year jail terms

    A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting at Gudu, Abuja on Thursday sentenced a former Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, Engr Samuel Ibi Gekpe to three years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds in excess of N6 billion meant for rural electrification projects under his agency.

    Also sentenced to three years imprisonment for the same offences is a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Power, Dr Abdullahi Aliyu and three others who stood trial with Engr Gekpe. They are Simon Kirdi Nanle(an accountant at REA), Engr Lawrence Kayode Orekoya(Director of Projects), Abdulsamad Garba Jahun(Assistant Director), and Barrister Kayode Oyedeji(Head of Legal Department) .

    The trial judge, Justice Banjoko however gave Engr Gekpe an option of fine of N5million,and the rest convicts an option to pay N500,000:00 each and to be paid within 30 days of delivering the judgement.

    In the trial ,EFCC lawyer, Mr Kemi Pinheiro SAN called seven witnesses ( witnesses from the Corporate Affairs Commission, CBN, United Bank for Africa, Rural electrification Agency’s Officers and an Operative of the EFCC; Ibrahim Ahmed) to prove his case against the defendants.

    Upon the close of the prosecution’s case, the defendants represented by their lawyer, Paul Ewekoro SAN made a no case submission, arguing that no prima facie case was established the. He therefore called of the court to quash the charges preferred against the defendants.

    Justice Banjoko however dismissed the no case submission and directed the defendants to open their defence. The 1st-3rd defendants rested their cases on that of the Prosecution,while the 4th – 6th Defendants testified in person. Final addresses were filed, exchanged and adopted.

    Upon adoption of the respective final addresses by the prosecution and the defendants, the court today Thursday February 8, 2018 for judgment.

    The court in its well considered judgement dismissed the 1st Defendant’s application challenging jurisdiction of the court to entertain the Charge. On the substantive charge, the court found that the prosecution had established by evidence, all ingredients of the offences preferred against them.

    The court found that the defendants in reckless disregard to the provisions of the public procurement Act, misappropriated the sum in excess of N6 Billion in their manner of payments for d contracts for rural electrification purportedly awarded by them as Public Procurement Committee of the Rural Electrification Agency in 2008.

    Upon a careful analysis of the charge and evidences before the court, all the defendants were found guilty of the offences as charged and punishable under the penal code.

    The defendants were accordingly convicted and sentenced as follows: 1st defendant sentenced to three years imprisonment with an option of N5million fine, the 3rd – 6th defendants sentenced to 3yrs imprisonment with an option of of N500thousand naira each payable within the next 30 days.

  • Making phone calls at filling stations can land you in jail – Police

    The police have said that making phone calls at filling stations is a criminal offence which could land the offender in jail.

    The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, stated that an offender could be prosecuted and jailed for attempted arson.

    He noted that police officers have the authority to arrest anyone found making phone calls or smoking at filling stations.

    He described the filling station as a public facility where motorists cannot act as they like on account of the inflammable products like petrol and other petroleum products being dispensed there.

    Moshood, therefore, cautioned the public against violating the safety rules forbidding smoking and phone calls at filling stations.

    He said, “Making phone calls or smoking at filling stations is a criminal offence and the police, of course, could arrest anyone violating the safety rules put in place to safeguard life and property at the filling stations.”

  • Man bags 12-years in jail for raping, fathering 8 of daughter’s children

    An Argentine man, Domingo Bulacio, 57, who repeatedly raped his daughter, fathering eight children with her while she was his sex slave for 22 years, has been jailed for 12 years and eight months.

    The serial rapist was sentenced on Wednesday for multiple sex crimes by three judges at a court in the northern city of Santiago del Estero.

    Domingo’s relatives were among the 50 witnesses who gave evidence at the hearing.

    His daughter who testified, reportedly told the court that he had turned her into his sex slave at seven-years-old when her mother left their home.

    According to her, the abuse continued over the next 22-years, during which time, she gave birth to eight of his children.

    “I was not the only one, there are relatives of his who do the same to their sisters and daughters,” the victim, now aged 30, told El Liberal newspaper after the trial.

    Bulacio dubbed ‘The Monster of Villa Balnearia’ was caught in January 2016 after his daughter took her youngest son, aged five, to the doctor when he became seriously sick.

     

    According to the reports, the little boy needed to stay in the local care centre for several weeks, and it was at that time the daughter revealed to doctors who the boy’s father was.

    It was also revealed that they had all lived in a house with one room and Mr. Bulacio raped his daughter in front of the children, newspaper reported.

    After Mr. Bulacio underwent a DNA test it was confirmed that the eight children were his.