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  • Skit maker, Trinity Guy to remain in prison till August

    Skit maker, Trinity Guy to remain in prison till August

    A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker Maruf Abdullahi, aka ” Trinity”  be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl.

    The Magistrate, Mrs  P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Abdullahi, 31,  Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife Rofiat Ahmed, 29, parents of the child should continue to be remanded in Agodi.

    Adetuyibi adjourned the matter until Aug. 3, for mention.

    The police charged Abdullahi , alongside the parents of the victim with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.

    Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Oluwakemi Arowosaye told the court that Abdullahi, Ahmed, and his wife Rofiat  allegedly conspired together to wit sexual abuse.

    Arowosaye said ‘Trinity” on Dec. 17, 2022, was alleged to have sexually abused and sexually exploited 10-year- old girl  at Kuola area, Ibadan.

    The offence, the police said, contravened the provisions of Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35  (2) of the Oyo State Child Right’s Law 2006.

    She said it also contravenes the provisions of section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

  • Skit maker, Trinity remanded in prison, risks 15 years imprisonment

    Skit maker, Trinity remanded in prison, risks 15 years imprisonment

    A Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as “Trinity”, in Agodi correctional facility over alleged sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl.

    The court also arraigned Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who are parents of the victim on two-count charge of conspiracy and sexual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker.

    The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the defendants’ plea for want of jurisdiction, said that the case file had been filed and duplicated at the Oyo State Ministry of Justice.

    Adetuyibi remanded the three defendants in Agodi correctional facility, Ibadan, pending July 11 when the case would come up for mention.

    The Defence Counsel, Mr Oludare Adebayo, argued that Section 41 empowered the court to hear the matter.

    Adebayo also said the victim was a product of poverty.

    The magistrate said that the case file had been duplicated, but added that not until the ministry of justice accepted to withdraw it that she could hear the matter.

    Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Oluwakemi Arowosaye, had told the court that the three defendants conspired together to sexually abuse the girl.

    Arowosaye said that “Trinity”, on Dec. 17, 2022, sexually abused and exploited the girl at Kuola area of Ibadan.

    “Abdullahi was asking the victim the colour of his penis, recording the scene and posting it on social media,” she said.

    According to her, the offences are contrary to Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35 (2) of Oyo State Child Right’s Law, 2006.

    Arowosaye said that the offences also contravened Section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

    If found guilty, the skit maker is liable to 15 years imprisonment under the Child Right’s Law, 2006.