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  • How doctor allegedly raped wife’s niece

    How doctor allegedly raped wife’s niece

    A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly defiled his wife’s 16-year-old niece.

    Olaleye, the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation,  is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration.

    He, however, pleaded not guilty.

    Akinbunmi, the fifth prosecution witness and a forensic expert at Mirabel Centre, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, also said that the defendant gave his victim pills to swallow to prevent pregnancy.

    She was led in evidence by Lagos State Director of  Public Prosecution, Dr Babajide Martins.

    “She (the minor)  said the defendant usually called her at night when others were asleep, to come downstairs; he would remove his trousers and ask her to perform oral sex on him.

    “According to her, the defendant sometimes would put his fingers in her vagina and would tell her she would die if she would tell anyone,” the witness said.

    The medical doctor further told the court that a medical examination of the survivor revealed injuries consistent with repeated forceful entry and blunt penetration of the vagina.

    “It is an indication of ongoing forceful blunt penetration of the vagina.”

    While being cross-examined by defence counsel, Mr Babatunde Ogala (SAN), the witness told the court that the pattern of injury she saw on the minor  was consistent with what the survivor narrated to  her.

    The medical doctor further told the court that the survivor was already 18 years old at the time of the medical examination and she could not verify from her findings whether the bruises were caused by the defendant.

    She added that she could not tell when the alleged defilement started or ended.

    Earlier, the Investigative Police Officer (IPO), Insp  Esther Igbineweka,  testified as the fourth prosecution witness and told the court that she took the defendant’s statement in April 2022, when he denied the allegations.

    During her cross-examination, the IPO said that she was aware that the defendant had also alleged in his statement that the survivor was having sexual intercourse with one Meshach who was working for the Olaleyes at the time.

    She, however, added that she could not investigate further on the matter because the said Meshach was nowhere to be found.

    The IPO also said that she did not view the content of the CCTV footage which the defendant presented to the police on the alleged sexual encounter between his wife’s niece and Meshach.

    A child forensic interviewer,  Mrs Olabisi Ajayi-Kayode, had on Dec. 3 testified before the court, saying that the survivor informed her that the defendant wiped blood from her body with a tissue paper the first time he had sex with her.

    Ajayi-Kayode said the survivor told her that she was introduced to serial sexual escapades by the defendant.

    She said: “The survivor said there was a day the defendant told her to prepare ‘amala’ for him, and  while doing that, he took her to their study room and had sex with her.”

    The survivor had on Dec. 21, 2021,  reportedly testified against the defendant in a  closed hearing which was in line with the 1999 Constitution and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act as amended.

    The wife of the defendant, Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, Dec. 19, told the court that her husband was diagnosed with sex addiction.

    Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until Jan. 26 for the continuation of trial.

    NAN

  • Four students of Kogi State Polytechnic reportedly abducted in Ondo

    Four students of Kogi State Polytechnic reportedly abducted in Ondo

    Four students of Kogi State Polytechnic have reportedly been abducted by suspected gunmen, along the Akunnu-Ajowa road, in the Akoko area of Ondo state.

    According to reports, the victims were said to have been ambushed at the Ago Jinadu Axis, in Akoko, on Friday, December 23.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the incident has left residents of the area living in fear.

    Speaking on the incident, the Police Area Commander in lkare, ACP Muri Agboola, said his men have been combing forests along the Akunnu-Ajowa Akoko road to rescue the abducted students.

    Meanwhile, the Ondo State Magistrates’ Court has remanded a man, Akinfala Babatunde, for allegedly abducting and raping a 17-year-old girl. The state police command earlier arrested the defendant at Agosile Street, Odode Idanre, in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state.

    The prosecutor, Ajiboye Obadasa, told the court that the defendant, at 10pm, came to the victim’s house at Odode Idanre to abduct her without the knowledge of her parents.

    Obadasa alleged that Akinfala took the 17-year-old from her parent’s house to his residence and indecently assaulted her, adding that the victim’s parents reported the case at a police station after some neighbours called them on phone.

    He added that the offences contravened Sections 226 (1), 360, 361, 351 of the Criminal Code Law of Ondo State of Ondo State. The defendant however pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.

    The magistrate, Mrs F. A. Adesida, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until January 9, 2023. But the accused, who was unable to complete his bail conditions, was later remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre.

  • 3 secondary school students arrested for raping colleague

    3 secondary school students arrested for raping colleague

    The Police Command in Ondo State says it has arrested three secondary school students for alleged conspiracy and defilement of a 14-year-old student.

    SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, the command’s spokesperson, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Akure.

    “The suspects are students of Akure High School. They lured a 14-year-old student into the bush at the back of the school gate and gang raped her.

    “The three suspects are in police custody and will be charged to court after conclusion of our investigations,” Odunlami said.

  • Man kills mother-in-law, 1 other after raping wife’s sister

    Man kills mother-in-law, 1 other after raping wife’s sister

    Police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state.

    The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle.

    He said that the suspect, who killed his mother-in-law, killed the person who saw him perpetrating the act.

    “The suspect killed his mother-in-law, only to discover someone saw him committing the crime.

    “He quickly killed the man that saw him.

    “Preliminary investigation shows that he killed his mother-in-law because she discovered he was having carnal knowledge of his wife’s 14-year old younger sister (mother-in law’s daughter) and vowed to take it up,” he said.

    According to Hundeyin, the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for conclusion of investigation and arraignment.

  • Man kills mother-in-law, witness in Lagos, after raping step daughter

    Man kills mother-in-law, witness in Lagos, after raping step daughter

    A 38-year-old man has been arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other in Akodo in the Ibeju Lekki area of the state.

    The man, after killing his mother-in-law, killed the person who saw him while carrying out the act.

    The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this via a statement shared on his Twitter account on Saturday.

    According to Hundeyin, the man killed his mother-in-law after the woman discovered that he was having carnal knowledge of his wife’s 14-year-old younger sister.

    The police spokesperson stated: “Somewhere in Akodo, this 38-year-old man killed his mother-in-law, only to discover someone saw him commit the crime.

    “He quickly killed the man that saw him. Suspect is in custody. Preliminary investigation shows that he killed his MIL because she discovered he was having carnal knowledge of his wife’s 14-year old younger sister (MIL’s daughter) and vowed to take it up.

    “Case has been transferred to the SCID for conclusion of investigation and arraignment.”

  • Amotekun arrests teenager who allegedly raped brother’s wife, nine girls

    Amotekun arrests teenager who allegedly raped brother’s wife, nine girls

     

    A boy identified as Precious has confessed to raping his brother’s wife and nine other girls following his arrest by Amotekun corps.

    According to Precious, he entered the room where his brother’s wife was sleeping naked and proceeded to lay on her.

    According to an online, the teenager admitted to the crime when he and other suspects were being paraded at the Amotekun Corps headquarters, in Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State capital.

    At Laosun, a farm hamlet in the Ondo West local government, he claimed to have also raped nine additional girls.

    Precious was also accused of stealing 25 liters of palm oil, which he said belonged to his elder brother.

    He said, “I have raped nine girls. Some of them are 19 or 25 years old. In the night, I will go into their rooms and start sleeping with them.

    “I do not use gun or knives to threaten them. Sometimes I will be caught and they will beat me and leave me. I have been arrested before.”

    Meanwhile, the Ondo Amotekun Commander, Adetunji Adeleye, said upon the conclusion of investigation, the suspect would soon be charged to court.

  • 43-year-old woman raped while jogging

    43-year-old woman raped while jogging

    A 43-year-old woman has been raped while jogging along Manhattan’s West Side Highway Thursday morning.

    The woman told authorities she was jogging near Pier 45 when, at about 5:30 a.m., a man grabbed her from behind, choked her and knocked her to the ground, the New York Police Department said.

    She said he raped her, stole her wallet and phone and then fled on foot.

    The victim was said to have flagged down another jogger who dialed 911, police said.

    She was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police said.

    Police announced the arrest of 29-year-old, on Thursday in connection with the jogger’s rape.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) also reports that Phanor has also been charged in the March 27 rape of a different woman in a nearly identical location.

    43-year-old woman raped while jogging
    Carl Phanor,

    Additionally, police said Phanor has been charged in a third incident, an attack on a woman on the East Side of Manhattan. He is facing charges of sexually motivated robbery, robbery, grand larceny, strangulation, predatory sexual assault and criminal sex act.

    Law enforcement sources told ABC News earlier that a suspect was apprehended after he used the victim’s credit card at a Target store in Midtown Manhattan.

    Gabrielle Sumkin, who identified herself as the jogger who called 911, said she was on her usual running route when she noticed the victim, who she said appeared to be in distress. She said the victim had blood on her arm and elbows and was covering her eyes with her hand.

    The 23-year-old said the victim could barely speak. Sumkin said, while she was on the phone with 911, the woman kept repeating, “I need help.”

    “It’s disgusting. I’m a staunch feminist. I support women,” she said. “People who commit crimes like that are at the absolute bottom of my list.”

  • Father allegedly impregnates 13yrs daughter, says “I thought I was sleeping with my wife”

    Father allegedly impregnates 13yrs daughter, says “I thought I was sleeping with my wife”

    A 39-year-old man, Mfon Jeremiah, who was arrested by men of the Ogun state Police Command for impregnating his 13-year-old daughter (name withheld) in the Mowe area of the state, has said he thought he was sleeping with his wife.

    The suspect was arrested after the victim’s mother lodged a complaint at Mowe divisional headquarters when she discovered that her daughter was pregnant and her husband was responsible.

    It was learned that she took the minor to the hospital where it was confirmed that she is four months pregnant.

    After pressing to know who impregnated her, the 13-year-old girl disclosed that it was her father.

    Following the complaint, the DPO, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly mobilized some officers to the suspect’s house where he was picked up and taken into custody.

    Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to sleeping with his daughter which resulted in the pregnancy but claimed he was under a spell when he committed the act.

    According to him, he was ‘dreaming’ of having sex with his wife because they had split up, when he suddenly realized that it was his daughter he was having sex with.

    The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Nigeria Police Force is the principal law enforcement and the lead security agency in Nigeria. Designated by the 1999 constitution as the national police of Nigeria with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country, as at 2016 it has a staff strength of about 371,800.

    There are currently plans to increase the force to 650,000, adding 280,000 new recruits to the existing 370,000. The Nigeria Police Force is a very large organization consisting of 36 State commands and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) grouped into 17 zones and 8 administrative organs.

    The agency is currently headed by IGP (Inspector General) Usman Alkali Baba. In 2020, it underwent major overhauls.

  • Rape: Osevweremare (Old people’s fashion)

    Rape: Osevweremare (Old people’s fashion)

    By Francis Ewherido

    Most adult Urhobo men and women have an odova (nickname, alias or AKA). My granny’s odova was osevweremare (old people’s fashion). If you call her osevweremare, she would respond, “obijuweni, wo kwepharokufia (if you find it unappealing or distasteful, look the other way). In other words, you are not under compulsion to look or admire.

    My attention was drawn to a headline on GWG online news platform, “MURIC Wants NASS to Criminalise Indecent Dressing, Says Ladies Provoke Rape.” The story led to today’s article. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to enact a law that would criminalise indecent dressing. MURIC is correct. Indecent dressing encourages rape. If you see an indecently-dressed girl pass in front of men, especially youngsters, watch their faces and actions. Most times, they mentally rape the girl. Some boys will salivate while others grab their crotches. Indecent dressing certainly provokes men, because unlike women who are mostly audio (influenced mainly by what they hear), men are mainly visual; they react more to what they see. 

    I have thought in my mind, why they don’t ban indecent dressing by women. Minus the hijab, I felt all women should dress like Muslim women free – flowing clothes with their bodies well covered. The level of obscenity in campuses, hotels, shopping malls and other public places is terrible. It has crept into the church. One of my former parish priests changed the design of the first pews on all the rows in my parish. The front where you have the kneelers and where worshipers rest their arms while kneeling down were covered. Apparently, some women deliberately or accidentally expose their legs and undies while sitting down thereby distracting those on the altar. Also, Islam is not spared of obscenity. When I see some Muslim women, I just shake my head and laugh. They put on hijab alright, but there is nothing decent about the trousers and skirts they put on. They are just as provocative. Some wear hijab that fall on their bosom somehow. Their breasts are covered alright, but the shape and size are obvious. 

    But is the dressing of women the main cause of rape? I do not think so. There was a time in South Africa when infants were regularly raped (I do not know a better word to call it).  Children in Nigeria also get raped and sexually abused. What is provocative about children’s dressing to push a man to raping children? In an NGO I belong to, a woman came to report her husband. She said the husband was abusing their two daughters and two sons. She said she noticed semen in between their laps and bums while giving them their bath on a few occasions. I was in shock. I told the woman that it is either she is mad to tell such a heinous lie to get back at her husband or her husband is a mad man to abuse his own children. We never got to the bottom of the case due to obstacles.

    In the mosque, we have also read stories of their clerics who sexually abused female members and minors. Remember these women wear hijab. Catholic nuns are always decently dressed, but some have also been raped and sexually abused. There have also been cases of sexual abuse and rape of female members in many churches across denominations. Many of these members were decently dressed. So indecent dressing is not solely responsible for rape.

    Nigeria is a secular state, so no legislation on indecent dressing will see the light of day. It is unconstitutional. In Iran, which is a Muslim country, there were riots against wearing of hijab, so you can imagine the magnitude of the turmoil such a law on indecent dressing will cause in Nigeria beyond the unconstitutionality. But even in states like Kano and Jigawa, where Hisbah enforce the rule of Islamic dress code, what is the level of morality compared to other states? Should morality be forced or voluntary? Over 60 women were arrested in just one town in Jigawa a few days ago for possession and consumption of alcohol, etc.

    You see, we are a nation that is Lilliputian in spirituality and tall on religiosity. The government officials plundering Nigeria, are they atheist? The mechanics who remove your new motor parts and replace them old parts, are they atheists? Are all the customs and police officers atheists? The people who constructed the pipeline from which they have stolen crude oil worth billions of dollars, are they atheists. I was at Ladipo Market to buy a part. Later I found out they stole two items where I parked the car and paid N1,000 for parking. The thief might be one of those who gather at noon to do midday fellowship. The practice of Christianity and Islam by most Nigerians is hollow rituals.

    While I totally agree that indecent dressing in public places has reached epidemic level, I feel we have more important issues to take care of than passing unenforceable laws. As I am writing, government-owned university-students have been home for eight months, there is poverty in the land, there is insecurity everywhere, the level of unemployment is high, we have infrastructural decay and deficit, we need more good roads, many parts of Nigeria are currently submerged; I can go on and on. Please let us get our priorities right.

    As for the men who give excuses of indecent dressing by woman for rape, go back to my grandmother’s odova, Osevweremare. Do not give excuses, you are not under obligation to look. Moreover, for Christians, you know Joseph’s encounter with Potiphar’s wife in the bible ( it is also in Qaran). When Potiphar’s wife insisted that Joseph must have sex with her, he fled half naked with torn clothes. Had he succumbed, he would probably have been caught and executed instead of the position of prime minister he rose to. Do not try to overcome temptation, FLEE before you get to the point of no return. Remember that when a man gets an erection his brain shuts down and it goes on recess. Every man who can still muster an erection is vulnerable. There are people rotting in jail due to rape and child abuse. It is not worth it. Men should just learn self-control or dick control, as some choose to call it. While I abhor indecent dressing in public places, enforcement of the laws on rape is what we need. Do not blame victims of rape, blame the rapists.

  • 16-year-old girl gang-raped, set ablaze

    16-year-old girl gang-raped, set ablaze

    A 16-year-old Indian girl allegedly gang-raped and set on fire by two men has died in hospital, police told AFP Tuesday.

    The girl was a Dalit, the lowest rung in the Hindu caste system who suffer disproportionately high levels of sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women.

    Her death on Monday came less than a week after two Dalit sisters, aged 15 and 17, were found hanging from a tree after being allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered by six men.

    Both incidents took place in the poor northern state of Uttar Pradesh, home to about 230 million people, where similar crimes regularly make headlines.

    In the latest case, the girl from a rural area was allegedly attacked by two men and set on fire early this month.

    She was shifted to a hospital in the state capital Lucknow where she succumbed to her injuries on Monday.

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    “We arrested the accused within two hours of the incident being reported and assured the family of proper follow-up action against the perpetrators,” local police chief Dinesh Kumar Prabhu told AFP.

    In previous cases, low-caste families have been threatened or attacked to stop them from testifying.

    Activists say police often fail to take seriously accusations made by the marginalised community and that they lack recourse to legal representation.

    Last year the Uttar Pradesh authorities’ swift cremation before an autopsy of a Dalit rape victim murdered by an upper-caste Hindu man triggered widespread outrage.

    Nearly 32,000 cases of rape were reported in India in 2021, according to government figures, but many more are thought to go unreported.