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  • Man to spend 37yrs in prison for forcing 13-year-old girl to suck his pen!s

    Man to spend 37yrs in prison for forcing 13-year-old girl to suck his pen!s

    A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, has sentenced to 37 years imprisonment a man, Moses Joseph, for forcing a 13-year-old girl to suck his pen!s and inserting his finger in her private parts.

     

    The trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, held that the state proved its case against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt.

     

    Justice Taiwo held that from available evidence, the defendant was guilty of the crime.

     

    The Lagos State Government arraigned Joseph on two counts of indecent treatment.

     

    The prosecution said the defendant committed the offence at his house on 25, Kadiri Street, Alausa, Ikeja, on September 17, 2021, around 11pm.

     

    In his allocutus, the defence counsel, Mr Henry Obidinna, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.

     

    Obidinna told court that the convict was the breadwinner of his family and his younger brother died of shock after he heard of Joseph’s arrest.

     

    He added that the incident had been kept away from his aged mother.

     

    Asked if he had anything to tell the court, the convict pleaded for mercy.

     

    The judge said, “On the first count, I sentence you to seven years imprisonment. On the second count, I sentence you to 30 years imprisonment, which will run concurrently.”

     

    Meanwhile, in another development, operatives of the Marine Department, Bayelsa Police Command,  have foiled an attack on a passenger boat and rescued four passengers onboard along the Nembe-Brass waterways.

     

    The Command, in a statement, by its spokesman Asinim Butswat said the incident occurred on Wednesday while marine police operatives were on patrol of the Nembe-Brass waterways.

     

    Butswat, a Superintendent of Police, said: “On 17 August 2022 at about 1730 hours, operatives of the Marine Department of the Bayelsa State Police Command, while on patrol along the Nembe- Brass waterways came under attack by sea pirates who were robbing passengers and attempting to kidnap some of them in a speedboat named Tari Marine 2.

     

    “The operatives repelled the attack, subdued the pirates by their superior firepower and rescued the passengers.

     

    “The pirates ran to a nearby creek and escaped with bullet wounds. They abandoned their speedboat, with one military camouflage, one bulletproof jacket and one cutlass.”

     

    The spokesman said Police Commissioner, Ben Nebolisa Okolo, had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to carry out a discreet investigation to unravel the identity of the sea pirates.

  • BIZARRE: Pastor, accomplice face death over beheading of seven-year-old for ritual

    BIZARRE: Pastor, accomplice face death over beheading of seven-year-old for ritual

    A pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi, have been sentenced to death, by a Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, for killing a seven-year-old boy in the Ikorodu area of the state.

     

    The trial judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo gave the verdict after the defendants changed their pleas from not guilty to guilty.

     

    The men were arraigned on October 30, 2017, before the Lagos State High Court on two counts bordering on conspiracy and murder.

     

    According to the charge sheet, Oyekanmi and Adetokunbo, on June 7, 2017, on Oke Oniburokun Street, Odokekere, Ikorodu, conspired to murder a seven-year-old boy, Kazeem Rafiu.

     

    They were said to have beheaded Rafiu and buried the head around the church’s altar, while the body was kept in a canal.

     

    Adetokunbo was later apprehended by residents. He was said to have confessed to the crime, naming Oyekanmi as his accomplice.

     

    The duo led a team of policemen to the church, where the victim’s remains were recovered.

     

    After four years of being remanded in prison, the state re-arraigned the convicts before the special offences court on September 21, 2021, as the trial commenced.

     

    At the resumption of trial for the prosecutor to present another witness to prove the allegations against the convicts, the court was informed by the state counsel, Mrs O. A. Bajulaiye, and the defence counsel, Ms Anthonia Otsokwa, that the men had decided to change their pleas.

     

    Subsequently, the judge ordered their pleas to be taken.

     

    The charges were read to them in Yoruba and they pleaded guilty to the two counts.

     

    The state counsel, Mrs O. A. Bajulaiye, thereafter reviewed the facts of the case and urged the court to convict them accordingly.

     

    While begging for mercy, the defence counsel, Ms Anthonia Otsokwa, told the court that the convicts had realised their offence and were remorseful for the death of the child.

     

    In her judgement, Justice Taiwo noted that the case was a pathetic one as the defendants conspired and killed a child by cutting off his head for ritual purposes.

     

    The judge said, “These defendants have committed a heinous crime and deserve no mercy. They have cruelly and intentionally killed a seven-year-old boy, depriving him and his family of a bright destiny.

     

    “Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State imposes the death penalty for premeditated murder and I have no hesitation in imposing the said punishment.

     

    “I hereby sentence Adedoyin Oyekanmi and Erinwole Adetokunbo to death for killing Kazeem Rafiu. May God have mercy on your souls.”