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  • NSCDC arrests man who raped own daughter for three years

    The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a man, identified as Adebisi Akinola, who has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past three years.

    The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Pedro Awili, on Tuesday in Akure, said the suspect had been abusing his daughter sexually since 2015 when the victim was 15 years old.

    The commandant said when the daughter could no longer bear the incestuous relationship, she ran to the NSCDC for help.

    He said, “The daughter told us about the ugly incident and her statement helped us to nab the suspect, her father.

    “Akinola also confessed to the crime; he said he has been having sex with his daughter for three years.”

    The NSCDC boss said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as the corps completed the investigation into the matter.

    He also warned parents, especially fathers, to desist from such act which he described as barbaric.

    The victim said she had earlier reported the matter to her paternal aunt, adding that the issue was not adequately addressed.

    The suspect, however, blamed devil for the act.

  • 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.

  • Gang rape: Court sentences 20-year-old to jail

    A circuit court in Kumasi, Ghana, has sentenced one of the suspects in connection with a gang rape to seven-year imprisonment.

    According to the court, the suspect, Ernest Asare, 20, was the only adult among the five suspects when the crime was committed.

    He was found guilty of defilement and conspiracy to defile.

    The court, presided over by Her Honor, Comfort Tasiame, referred the four other suspects, who have been charged with abetment to commit defilement, to the juvenile court for their respective sentences, reports Citinewsroom Ghana.

    Yahaya Seidu, one of the lawyers for the accused persons, said they were disappointed with the judgement.

    He said although they produced ample evidence to back their claim that Ernest Asare was also a juvenile, the court found it insufficient.

    “She convicted them for all the offences that were preferred against them, defilement and conspiracy to defilement and abetment to defilement; and based on that, they were convicted accordingly.

    “There were five people who were charged. Four of them turned out to be juveniles.

    For the other boy, the court said even though evidence was produced that he was a juvenile, it was not satisfied with the evidence; so, he was convicted as an adult and then sentenced to seven years in prison.”

    “We are disappointed. We did our best as lawyers but at the end of the day, the court said they are guilty. We believe that after going through the full judgement, if there is a way out, we will take the option with the consent of the parents of our client.”

    He said the four other suspects are currently in the custody of the juvenile home and will be transferred to the juvenile court for later sentencing.

    In December 2017, many Ghanaians were outraged after a viral video showed about five young boys holding down a young girl and forcibly having sex with her.

    Three suspects were initially arrested, but more were arrested later. The victim, who was found to be 18-years-old was later given medical and psychological help by the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

  • Four reasons rape is prevalent in Nigeria – Lawyer

    A Port Harcourt based lawyer, Mr Kingdom Ifedichukwuezi, says alcohol and drug abuse are responsible for the increasing incidences of rape in the country.
    Ifedichukuwuezi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday that most of the time rape suspects were on drugs when they committed the offence.
    According to him, “provocative (indecent) dressing ‘’ by some ladies is accountable for the increasing wave of rape in the society.
    “Indecent dressing by some ladies can seduce some men who cannot contain their desire.
    “If ladies dress decently, it will reduce the rape of young ladies,” he said.
    The lawyer noted that the rampant incidences of rape in recent times remained an indication of lack of social values on how women should be treated.
    Ifedichukwuezi regretted declining societal values; hence some members of the public could misbehave without the fear of being sanctioned.
    He added that peer group influence was another factor in incidences of rape.
    Ifedichukwuezi blamed religious institutions for not condemning the crime in churches and mosques.
    He said rather the clerics preached materialism.
    “Churches and Mosques have failed to preach against rape in our society,” he said.
    Ifedichukwuezi noted that rape victims did not speak up or report to the police for fear of stigma by the society.
    “Most men wouldn’t like to marry a lady that was raped for fear of contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs),’’ he added.
    The lawyer, a staff member of Nigeria Legal Aid Council, Rivers branch, said the court process in the country could be long and cumbersome.
    He attributed the seventh causative factor unemployment and advised youths who were more prone to the crime to engage themselves in meaningful ventures.

  • Man remanded for allegedly raping wife’s sister

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded one Ademola Ojomu in prison custody over alleged rape of his wife’s younger sister.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr P. E. Nwaka, ordered Ojomu, 32, to be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, while the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

    Nwaka adjourned the case until June 26 for mention.

    The accused, who resides at No 10, Albert St., Palmgroove, Lagos, is being tried for rape.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Christopher John, told the court that the accused committed the offence sometime in 2016 at his residence.

    He said that the victim had been staying with her sister and her husband since 2016 and that the accused had been having sexual intercourse with the 15-year-old girl since then.

    “Ojomu had been sexually assaulting the girl on different occasions whenever his wife was not around, raping her.

    “The case was reported at the police station and the accused was arrested for questioning,’’the prosecutor said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offence contravenes Section 260 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    NAN

  • ‘How Nigerian soldiers rape girls in IDP camps in exchange for food’

    London based human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI), says Nigerian soldiers and Civilian JTF members take turns to rape girls and women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in exchange for food.

    Millions of Nigerians in war ravaged north east States of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have been fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency which began in 2009.

    The refugees often end up in camps for displaced persons where food is oftentimes a luxury.

    AI says the displaced who often have little food to eat, have been turned to sex slaves by persons who are supposed to protect them from terrorists.

    According to the AI report, displaced women confined to remote camps have been forced to become “girlfriends” of military in exchange for humanitarian assistance.

    The organisation adds that thousands have died of starvation due to lack of food in the camps.

    AI writes that the Nigerian military and Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have separated women from their husbands and confined them in remote “satellite camps” where they have been raped, sometimes in exchange for food.

    The group says it has collected evidence that thousands of people have been starved to death in the camps in Borno since 2015.

    Borno has worryingly remained the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency with the terrorist sect believed to be hiding in the hills bordering a vast Sambisa forest.

    “It is absolutely shocking that people who had already suffered so much under Boko Haram have been condemned to further horrendous abuse by the Nigerian military,” Amnesty International Nigeria Director, Osai Ojigho said.

    “As Nigeria’s military recovered territory from the armed group in 2015, it ordered people living in rural villages to the satellite camps, in some cases indiscriminately killing those who remained in their homes. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled or were forced from these areas.

    “The military screened everyone arriving to the satellite camps, and in some locations detained most men and boys aged between 14 and 40 as well as women who travelled unaccompanied by their husbands. The detention of so many men has left women to care for their families alone,” the report read.

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    Amnesty International says scores of women have described how soldiers and Civilian JTF members have used force and threats to rape women in satellite camps, taking advantage of hunger to coerce women to become their “girlfriends”.

    The women are then forced to be available for sex on an ongoing basis, AI says.

    Five women told Amnesty International that they were raped in late 2015 and early 2016 in Bama Hospital camp as famine-like conditions prevailed.

    Ama (not her real name), 20, said: “They will give you food but in the night they will come back around 5pm or 6pm and they will tell you to come with them… One (Civilian JTF) man came and brought food to me. The next day he said I should take water from his place (and I went).

    “He then closed the tent door behind me and raped me. He said I gave you these things, if you want them we have to be husband and wife”.

    Ten others in the same camp said that they were also coerced into becoming “girlfriends” of security officials to save themselves from starvation, according to the report.

    Most of these women had already lost children or other relatives due to lack of food, water and healthcare in the camps.

    “The sexual exploitation continues at an alarming level as women remain desperate to access sufficient food and livelihood opportunities,” Amnesty International explained in its report.

    “Sex in these highly coercive circumstances is always rape, even when physical force is not used, and Nigerian soldiers and Civilian JTF members have been getting away with it. They act like they don’t risk sanction, but the perpetrators and their superiors who have allowed this to go unchallenged have committed crimes under international law and must be held to account,” said Ojigho.

    Military, federal government reacts

    In a swift reaction, the Nigerian government and the military have called Amnesty International’s latest report a tissue of lies and a regurgitation of its previous ‘false’ reports.

    Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said the latest report from AI lacked credibility.

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    Shehu added that the report fell short of factual claims that could have provided the lead for investigation.

    According to Shehu; “Engagement was claimed to have been made with Nigerian authorities but which authority is it, is not provided with clarity.

    “This then is just a wild goose chase report, in essence.

    “In some breath, the report seemed like the one in 2015, and the one in 2016, and the one after that year, the same things being recycled again and again.

    “It ignores the fact of the existing mechanisms put in place by the military, as a self-correcting step and the high-level committee constituted by the Presidency to examine any such claims”.

    Shehu observed that over a period of time, the Nigerian military had established cases of abuse and punishments meted out from Orderly Room trials and Court Martials that resulted in losses of rank, dismissals, trials and convictions by civil courts.

    The presidency spokesperson quoted President Buhari who said during his recent joint press conference with President Trump at the White House that “the government of Nigeria remains deeply committed to the principles of human rights, as well as promotion and protection of people’s freedom, even in the process of fighting terror.

    “We commit to ensure that all documented cases of human rights abuses are investigated, and those responsible for violation held responsible.”

    The Defence Headquarters in a statement by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. John Agim, described Amnesty International’s report as the continuation of the organisation’s malicious trend.

  • Rape: Gombe CP recommends ‘gender-friendly’ method of investigation

    Rape: Gombe CP recommends ‘gender-friendly’ method of investigation

    Gombe state Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu, has recommended the adoption of ‘gender-friendly’ method of investigation for victims of rape.

    Fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe, he said that the experience of being raped was traumatic and could mar the future of a victim, as such required special method of investigation.

    According to him, the type of investigation he is recommending will put the victim in a very open and friendly situation where she can relate to the police freely, thereby providing the information needed for diligent prosecution of culprits.

    The Commissioner said the method of investigation in the past was probably the reason people were reluctant to report rape cases.

    “The gender-unit mode of investigation had helped the police to get the needed information for investigation and the prosecution of perpetrators in the court of law.

    “This is done to gain the confidence of the victims themselves, who would tell what exactly had happened to them.

    “Female victims are given to female officers who seemingly play the role of sisters and mothers to the victims, and are often ready to provide support.

    ” In this kind of investigation, the victims are not exposed to the public and the media,’’ he said.

    NAN recalls that Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe had, on April 17, decried the rising cases of rape in the state, saying two to three cases were reported daily in the state

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  • 19-year-old sentenced to death for killing husband over rape

    19-year-old sentenced to death for killing husband over rape

    Noura Hussein, a 19-year-old Sudanese woman has been sentenced to death for killing her husband who tried to rape her.

    The death sentence was passed by a judge in a courtroom in Omdurman, Sudan, on Thursday, May 10.

    Concise News gathered that Hussein was forced into an arranged marriage with her husband at the age of 15.

    She sought refuge in her aunt from the marriage for three years, only to be tricked by her father who handed her over to her husband.

    Upon her unwanted return, her husband had wanted to consummate the marriage but she refused, then he raped her with the help of his family.

    An Imam told CNN that “His brother and two cousins tried to reason with her, when she refused she was slapped and ordered into the room.

    “One held her chest and head, the others held her legs.”

    The Imam also revealed that on the second day the husband tried to rape her, she stabbed him to death.

    He said when Hussein reached out to her family for support, they handed her over to the police and reported the incident to them.

    Concise News learnt that the legal age for marriage in Sudan is 10.

    Although, Hussein had supporters who filled the courtroom and even extended outside the room, she was sentenced to death by a judge on May 10.

    Her legal team has at least 15 days to appeal the judgement.

  • Court remands man in prison for attempting to rape 110-year-old woman

    Court remands man in prison for attempting to rape 110-year-old woman

    The Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court has remanded Abraham Benjamin, a 56-year-old man for attempting to rape a 110-year-old woman.

    The presiding judge Mrs. Taiwo Ajibade ruled that the accused person should be kept behind bars pending receipt of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    Ajibade ruled that the accused person should be kept behind bars pending receipt of legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

    She ruled that the case file be duplicated and a copy sent to the DPP for advice.

    Police Prosecutor, Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 30 at No. 12, Igbehin Street, Ado-Ekiti.

    The prosecutor told the court that the accused attempted to rape the centenarian in her home on the said date before she was rescued by a Good Samaritan.

    The offence, according to him, contravened Section 359 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ekiti State 2012.

    The Magistrate adjourned the case till May 22 for mention.

     

  • ‘I almost committed suicide after having sex with my daughter’

    The police in Lagos have arrested a 50-year-old man, Taiwo Oyelabi, for allegedly having sex with his now 21-year-old biological daughter.

    Oyelabi, who resides at No. 15, Community Road, Obadore, Iyana Oba, Lagos State, was also accused of impregnating her.

    In his confessional statement to the police, the suspect, who is being detained at the Gender Section of the Lagos State police command, admitted having an affair with the young girl, saying that he had carnal knowledge of her only five times.

    He stated, “I only slept with my daughter five times and it took place in my house. She came to me the first time kissing me while I was lying down on my bed, urging me to make love to her. At first I was surprised but I gradually yielded to her demand.

    “It all started a few years ago after my wife, who is the girl’s mother, moved out of my house over a minor domestic quarrel. She left with our twin children while they were still young. When she was leaving, she kept the children in the custody of my younger sister.

    “Taiwo, however, came back to stay with me in 2017. That was how this whole drama started. As I said, it was the girl who came to me for sex the first time, but I demanded for it subsequently.

    “I thought of committing suicide when I eventually realized the incest I was committing. I tried to take my life twice. There was a time I tried to drink insecticide but I was prevented from doing so by some petty traders in my area. I also tried to jump into a well the second time but was rescued by neighbours who saw me. I know it is the handiwork of the devil and pray that God and members of my family have mercy on me.”

    The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspect before newsmen at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, monday, said that preliminary investigation carried out at the Igando police station revealed that the suspect had had sexual intercourse with his daughter on several occasions.

    The suspect divorced his wife when the daughter and her twin were still in their infancy.

    Sometime in November 2017,the suspect collected the now-grown daughter who is also Taiwo from his sister and brought her home to live with him in his house at the afore-mentioned address.

    Since then, Taiwo, the suspect, had been having inappropriate sexual liaison with Taiwo, his daughter. The result of this alliance between father and daughter was pregnancy.

    “Investigation into the case revealed that the suspect is a security man but the strange part of his work was that whenever he was going to work, he went with his daughter. This strange behaviour attracted the attention of the community and they reported to the police.”