Two sisters -10 & 11, defiled by 61 year-old guard.

The Lagos State Command has commenced a manhunt for a 61-year-old security man, simply identified as John, for allegedly defiling two sisters, aged 11 and 10 severally in the Anthony area of the state. John was alleged to have given the sisters the sum of two hundred naira each time he had his way with them.

Punch reports that the 61-year-old security guard warned the sisters not reveal the evil act to their mother or he would kill them each time he defiles them.

The act was however discovered on August 30, when the sisters complained of back pain and headache and upon interrogation, they revealed what transpired to their mother, who reported the matter at the Anthony Police Division.

It was learnt that since the incident broke out, John has not returned to his rented apartment.

Narrating what happened, the mother of the victims, Rosemary Peter, an indigene of Kafanchan, Kaduna State, who works as a food seller, said the 61-year-old always ask the girls to bring food to his workplace in a take-away pack, adding that he uses the opportunity to defile them.

The mother of the girl further noted that she never knew about the incident, until the girls complained of back pain and headache, adding that on a close examination, she observed that their private parts were slacking.

Her words, “I work as a food seller. John was one of my customers. He would say I should send a take-away pack to him at his workplace by afternoon. So, when the girls returned from school, I would send the two of them to take the food to him. I did not suspect that he was raping them.

“When they took the food to him, he would take them to a place and rape both of them. After satisfying himself, he would give them N200, and warn them not to say anything at home. He would threaten that he would harm them if they spoke up.

“Eventually, the two of them started to complain about headache and back pain. I was worried. On one occasion, I happened to be where the 11-year-old was taking her bath, and I observed that her private parts were slack as an adult’s. I was shocked, and I urged her to tell me what went wrong.

“That was when she opened up that it was John who had been sleeping with her and her sister. I rushed to the police station to make a report, but news had got to John that the girls had let out the matter, and he fled the area on the same day.

“But the police have assured us that he would be arrested. They told us to alert them anytime we set our eyes on him.”

Also reacting to the incident, one Fatai Gafar, who resides in the area, urged the police to ensure they apprehend John.

“The whole estate is aware of the incident. It is very unfortunate. The security man does not live here with his family. He was the only person staying in the place he rented, and he has fled,” Gafar said.

source: Punch

4-year-old girl goes dumb, private part rots after constant rape by father

A four-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped continually by her father has been reported to have gone deaf as a result of the sexual abuse she constantly suffered at the hands of her father who was identified as Ademola.

According to Punch, the victim’s 32-year-old mother, Folake, narrated how her husband of 14 years had been molesting their daughter.

The mother of four reportedly recalled how they used to live as one happy family in the Igando area of Lagos before things took a grim turn and she caught her husband committing one of the most gruesome crimes against their second daughter.

She began, “It started in 2013 when I suddenly woke up one night and saw my husband removing the panties of my daughter. It was in the midnight. I wanted to shout but I wanted to see what he was up to. So, I pretended as if I did not see him because the room was relatively dark.

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MFM pastor beats wife to stupor in Lagos

 

One Abiose Ajayi Yemisi, wife of an alleged senior pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, has disclosed the way and manner her husband of 17 years, one Pastor Tunde Tolulope Ajayi, has turned her into a punching bag.

Yemisi, who was not able to contend with battery which has allegedly turned her into a fleshy tissue, was said to have ran to the Violence Against Women agency in Lagos, soliciting for help to determine her next line of action.

In a telephone chat with a Violence Against Women activist, Onyegbule Ify, Yemisi made it clear that she had taken in all the maltreatment for the 17 years she had been married to her husband but couldn’t take it anymore after one of her three children died at the Casso, Alagbado, Lagos State and the man just would not give her peace.

 

Yemisi said that she had to endure the brutality of her husband for 17 years but can not take it anymore.
However, she has reportedly moved out of her matrimonial home, following the death of her child and constant brutality and torture.
Ify made this known through a recent Facebook post on behalf of the victim.
The agency, however, has reportedly said no judgement can be passed on the issue until the husband tells his own side of the story.
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Man inserts iron rod, pepper into wife's private part over adultery allegation

 

A wicked husband identified as Terfa from a village in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State, was almost lynched by residents of the community after he reportedly battered his wife and inserted an iron rod and pepper inside her private part because he suspected she had sex with another man.

According to a Pulse reader who is from the village, Terfa, a yam farmer who is very hot tempered and feared by many, had always been harsh on his two wives and was also quick to go into a fight with any man who as much as greets them in his presence.

On the day of the incident, it was gathered that the junior wife had gone to a market in the town and came back late, to the annoyance of her husband who accused her of seeing other men.

The woman tried to plead that the vehicle she boarded broke down on the way but her husband would not hear of the explanation and descended heavily on her. Not done with the beating, he tied her down, inserted an iron rod and ground pepper in her private part.

It was the first wife that ran out and inform the village head who mobilized men to go to the woman rescue and by that time, she was bleeding profusely. She was rescued and taken to a nearby clinic to treat her wounds while the young men pounced on Terfa and almost beat him to death but for the intervention of the village head.

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'My husband ‘fingers’ our daughters - wife tells court

 

A divorce seeking woman, Adenike Dossou, has told a Lagos Island Customary Court how her husband had been defiling their young daughters by inserting his fingers into their private parts while bathing them.
Dossou who is a seeking to annul her marriage of 12 years to her Benin Republic national husband, Segun Dossou, an Immigration Officer, said she was shocked to realise that her husband had been carrying on with the ungodly act anytime he volunteers to shower the children, whose ages range between 8, 10 and 12.
"I was shocked when our first daughter told me that she is growing and didn’t like what her dad did to her,” Mrs Dossou said in tears.She also added that on more than three occasions, she had woken up to  find her husband missing from their bed only to find him sleeping beside their children in their room.

“I scolded him and asked if he wanted to ruin our children’s life but he didn’t respond. I am in support of the dissolution because I know he wants our children in his custody to continue his misdeeds.
I went with him to Cotonou to seal our union in their registry. I was just signing documents; I don’t know what was written in the papers. I don’t love him anymore and I don’t want to give my girls to live with him,” she continued.
But the 39-year-old Dossou, countered his wife's assertion, saying the problems in their marriage began when his wife got a job and became unmanageable.
“She is a thief, she steals government’s property. She brought cement and coal tar home. It was her attitude that made us fight and she left me. I just want our daughters. I don’t love or need her anymore,” he said.

The president of the court, Chief Awos Awosola, adjourned the case till October 7, while advising the couple to be very careful with their utterances in future and to maintain peace.
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Court remands student for raping 9 year-old girl in Kwara

An Ilorin Magistrates' Court on Wednesday ordered a student, Oyetunde Ishola, to be remanded in prison for allegedly raping a nine year-old girl.

The Prosecutor, Mr Ajide Kehinde, told the court that the accused person lured the girl into his room and had her canal knowledge.

The prosecutor said that the accused was charged with Criminal Conspiracy and Rape, Contrary to Sections 97 and 282 of the Penal Code Law.

He objected to the bail of the accused on the ground that the alleged offence was not bailable. The accused however pleaded not guilty.

Magistrate, Foluke Olokoyo, acceded to the submission of the prosecutor and ordered that the accused be remanded at Okekura Prison Yard, Ilorin.

She adjourned the case to Oct. 8, for further mention.

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Husband beats up wife, throws her out for not accepting love child

 

A housewife, Mrs Sinmiat Omowumi Ogunbanjo, has been battered by her husband, Jimmy Omotalabo Ogunbanjo, after she reportedly rejected custody of a baby delivered by her husband’s mistress in Ogun State, western Nigeria. Trouble started for Omowumi after her husband, Jimmy, who is a staff of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Abeokuta, in Ogun State, returned home with a 2-yr old baby. The incident happened during the Sallah holiday at their residence in Ogun State.

P.M. News gathered that her husband lives in Abeokuta where he works while Omowumi who is his legitimate wife lives in Ijebu Ode with their four children and family members. The 40-yr-old Jimmy who had returned to Ijebu Ode for the recent Muslim festival informed Omowumi that he impregnated his mistress in Abeokuta who delivered the baby he came with. He told her that he picked up the baby from his mistress and brought the child to her to nurse because the mistress could not take proper care of the baby.

Omowumi, who was infuriated after what her husband told her, asked him to return the baby to the mother because she was not ready to nurse or take custody of the baby.

It was gathered that some members of the family including her mother-in law, Ganiyat Ogunbanjo, pleaded with her to take custody of the baby. She still refused and told Jimmy that since he had other women besides her, he should take the baby to any of them to nurse.

Her response resulted in exchange of words and in the process Jimmy and other members of the family present allegedly battered Omowumi and threw her out of her matrimonial home.  She was seriously injured and had scars on her body.

According to her, the police who were supposed to assist her disappointed her also.When Omowumi went to the police station and reported her predicament and assault, the police told her it was a family matter and sent her away. Following the development, Omowumi contacted a lawyer, Barrister, Olufemi Ajiboso who petitioned the Ogun State Commissioner of Police and the management of FRSC Ogun State Command, her husband’s employer. Ajiboso, who confirmed the incident, said what happened to Omowumi was a clear case of inhumanity to man and an assault not only on the victim but women in general.

He said Omowumi informed him that her husband had subjected her to all sorts of ill treatment since he married her and she had been enduring it because of her children. He said that he had instruction from Omowumi to write the petitions about the criminal conduct against her and to institute a suit for divorce.

Ogunbanjo could not be reached at the time of filing this report as his phone was switched off when he was phoned several times.

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Tragedy as Ekiti tipper driver allegedly kills wife

Tragedy struck penultimate Friday in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital after a tipper driver, Azeez Ismaila, beat his wife, Odunayo, to death. The incident occurred at the residence of the couple at Oke Ureje area along Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti.The couple hails from Ado Ekiti.

It was learnt that Ismaila attempted to secretly bury the body of his 27-year-old wife in the night in an attempt to cover up his track. The Nation gathered that the suspect who was said to be in his 30s was arrested by men of the Odo -Ado Police Division.
The deceased had three children for her husband and her last born is said to be six- month- old.
The suspect was alleged to have subjected his late wife to constant beating for giving him only female children. He was said have descended on the deceased a few hours after having his dinner.
Odunayo was said to have prepared pounded yam for her husband and rice for herself before the family went to bed. She was said to have lost the money Ismaila gave to her to prepare food for the household after which she went back to collect another sum.

Neighbours of the couple, who were said to be used to hearing the screams of the deceased anytime her husband beats her up, said they heard her screamed few minutes to midnight.
Ismaila was said to have brought Odunayo’s corpse to his father’s house at Oke Bola area of Ado Ekiti where he allegedly dug a grave to bury her without the knowledge of her family.
Father of the deceased, Ojo Ajewole, who spoke with The Nation at his residence in Ado Ekiti said Ismaila’s attempt to secretly bury his wife shocked him and other members of the family.
He explained that his daughter was never sick adding that she reportedly foamed from her mouth while blood gushed out of her ears.

Ajewole said: “We insisted that her body should be taken to the mortuary, when we got wind that he wanted to secretly bury her corpse. He claimed that she took ill but I queried why I was never informed when she was laid up as they want me to believe. Nobody will believe his story because of the scars on my daughter’s body. “We want justice and the Police must get to the root of this matter, there should be no cover up at all”.
The accused was charged to an Ado Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for murder.
The presiding magistrate, Idowu Aiyenimo, however ordered the accused be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
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Rape: Lawyers urge police to conduct proper investigation

 

Lagos – Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports of the victims to achieve better results during prosecution of perpetrators.
The lawyers said this on Saturday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, against the back drop of difficulty faced in securing convictions in rape cases.
Mr Chris Ayiyi, the Principal Officer, Ayiyi chambers, Apapa, Lagos, told NAN that prosecution in rape cases would achieve better results “if the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) provides the court with sufficient and credible evidence.
“Victims should be subjected to medical examination to procure reports needed during trials; this will go a long way to establish rape thereby prove the accused guilty or otherwise; and make conviction possible.”
Mr Chibuikem Opara, a senior legal officer with Okomah Chambers, Ikeja, Lagos, said that the police should be educated on the need to conclude investigation of such cases within a short time to enable witnesses recollect and testify the exact way the incident happened.
Opara also advised the Ministry of Justice to shorten the longer period wasted in acquiring the advice of the Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP).
He advised that the victims and their families should be sensitised to understand that rape cases were not to be settled by families of the victim and the accused.
“In our society it takes a longer time to acquire the advice of the DPP as to how to handle the cases, this jeopardizes the outcome of the cases,” Opara said.
He, however, suggested that the America system of dispensing such cases within a specified period without allowing long and unnecessary adjournment jeopardize its outcome could be a better option to obtain convictions.
Also, Mr Emma Ofoegbu, the Principal Officer in Ofoegbu Chambers, Yaba, Lagos, said that rape cases were on increase in the society because the cases were poorly investigated and prosecuted by the IPO’s and prosecutors.
Ofoegbu said that the police should ensure that only those who were professionally inclined in investigating such cases were employed to do the investigation.
He said that the punishment between 14 years to life imprisonment as provided by the constitution was enough to deter offenders, “but what secures deterrence from crime is certainty in punishment and not the severity of the punishment”.
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Lagos – Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports of the victims to achieve better results during prosecution of perpetrators.

The lawyers said this on Saturday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, against the back drop of difficulty faced in securing convictions in rape cases.

Mr Chris Ayiyi, the Principal Officer, Ayiyi chambers, Apapa, Lagos, told NAN that prosecution in rape cases would achieve better results “if the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) provides the court with sufficient and credible evidence.

“Victims should be subjected to medical examination to procure reports needed during trials; this will go a long way to establish rape thereby prove the accused guilty or otherwise; and make conviction possible.”

Mr Chibuikem Opara, a senior legal officer with Okomah Chambers, Ikeja, Lagos, said that the police should be educated on the need to conclude investigation of such cases within a short time to enable witnesses recollect and testify the exact way the incident happened.

Opara also advised the Ministry of Justice to shorten the longer period wasted in acquiring the advice of the Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP).

He advised that the victims and their families should be sensitised to understand that rape cases were not to be settled by families of the victim and the accused.

“In our society it takes a longer time to acquire the advice of the DPP as to how to handle the cases, this jeopardizes the outcome of the cases,” Opara said.

He, however, suggested that the America system of dispensing such cases within a specified period without allowing long and unnecessary adjournment jeopardize its outcome could be a better option to obtain convictions.

Also, Mr Emma Ofoegbu, the Principal Officer in Ofoegbu Chambers, Yaba, Lagos, said that rape cases were on increase in the society because the cases were poorly investigated and prosecuted by the IPO’s and prosecutors.

Ofoegbu said that the police should ensure that only those who were professionally inclined in investigating such cases were employed to do the investigation.

He said that the punishment between 14 years to life imprisonment as provided by the constitution was enough to deter offenders, “but what secures deterrence from crime is certainty in punishment and not the severity of the punishment”.

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Lagos – Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports of the victims to achieve better results during prosecution of perpetrators.
The lawyers said this on Saturday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, against the back drop of difficulty faced in securing convictions in rape cases.
Mr Chris Ayiyi, the Principal Officer, Ayiyi chambers, Apapa, Lagos, told NAN that prosecution in rape cases would achieve better results “if the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) provides the court with sufficient and credible evidence.
“Victims should be subjected to medical examination to procure reports needed during trials; this will go a long way to establish rape thereby prove the accused guilty or otherwise; and make conviction possible.”
Mr Chibuikem Opara, a senior legal officer with Okomah Chambers, Ikeja, Lagos, said that the police should be educated on the need to conclude investigation of such cases within a short time to enable witnesses recollect and testify the exact way the incident happened.
Opara also advised the Ministry of Justice to shorten the longer period wasted in acquiring the advice of the Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP).
He advised that the victims and their families should be sensitised to understand that rape cases were not to be settled by families of the victim and the accused.
“In our society it takes a longer time to acquire the advice of the DPP as to how to handle the cases, this jeopardizes the outcome of the cases,” Opara said.
He, however, suggested that the America system of dispensing such cases within a specified period without allowing long and unnecessary adjournment jeopardize its outcome could be a better option to obtain convictions.
Also, Mr Emma Ofoegbu, the Principal Officer in Ofoegbu Chambers, Yaba, Lagos, said that rape cases were on increase in the society because the cases were poorly investigated and prosecuted by the IPO’s and prosecutors.
Ofoegbu said that the police should ensure that only those who were professionally inclined in investigating such cases were employed to do the investigation.
He said that the punishment between 14 years to life imprisonment as provided by the constitution was enough to deter offenders, “but what secures deterrence from crime is certainty in punishment and not the severity of the punishment”.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/2015/10/03/rape-lawyers-urge-police-to-conduct-proper-investigation/#sthash.wLDWJdIC.dpuf

Lagos – Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports of the victims to achieve better results during prosecution of perpetrators.
The lawyers said this on Saturday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, against the back drop of difficulty faced in securing convictions in rape cases.
Mr Chris Ayiyi, the Principal Officer, Ayiyi chambers, Apapa, Lagos, told NAN that prosecution in rape cases would achieve better results “if the Investigating Police Officer (IPO) provides the court with sufficient and credible evidence.
“Victims should be subjected to medical examination to procure reports needed during trials; this will go a long way to establish rape thereby prove the accused guilty or otherwise; and make conviction possible.”
Mr Chibuikem Opara, a senior legal officer with Okomah Chambers, Ikeja, Lagos, said that the police should be educated on the need to conclude investigation of such cases within a short time to enable witnesses recollect and testify the exact way the incident happened.
Opara also advised the Ministry of Justice to shorten the longer period wasted in acquiring the advice of the Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP).
He advised that the victims and their families should be sensitised to understand that rape cases were not to be settled by families of the victim and the accused.
“In our society it takes a longer time to acquire the advice of the DPP as to how to handle the cases, this jeopardizes the outcome of the cases,” Opara said.
He, however, suggested that the America system of dispensing such cases within a specified period without allowing long and unnecessary adjournment jeopardize its outcome could be a better option to obtain convictions.
Also, Mr Emma Ofoegbu, the Principal Officer in Ofoegbu Chambers, Yaba, Lagos, said that rape cases were on increase in the society because the cases were poorly investigated and prosecuted by the IPO’s and prosecutors.
Ofoegbu said that the police should ensure that only those who were professionally inclined in investigating such cases were employed to do the investigation.
He said that the punishment between 14 years to life imprisonment as provided by the constitution was enough to deter offenders, “but what secures deterrence from crime is certainty in punishment and not the severity of the punishment”.
- See more at: http://www.nigerianobservernews.com/2015/10/03/rape-lawyers-urge-police-to-conduct-proper-investigation/#sthash.wLDWJdIC.dpuf