Category Archives: VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY

Children protest over killing of their parents for three consecutive days in Katsina

Scores of children took to the streets with sticks to protest over the killings of their parents by bandits for three consecutive days in Katsina. Bandits have reportedly launched several attacks on different villages in Katsina, including the Wurma community which was attacked for three days, without intervention from security operatives, Wurma Village …

RCCG Pastor arraigned for defiling and impregnating daughter in Lagos

Lagos state government has arraigned a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The RCCG pastor is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. According to the state’s prosecution …

Police rescue two children kidn@pped by a woman who posed as a Corps member in Ebonyi state.

The children, both pupils at Divine Grace Academy, were abducted on January 22, 2024, at Nwezenyi junction in Ndiokpoto village, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, by a woman who pretended to be a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). One of the kidn@pped victims, Ngozi Nwibo, aged seven years was rescued at Oba …

I was teaching her sex – says a male teacher who defiled 11-year old child

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Benue Command has detained Gbanger Terkimbi Sunday, 25, for allegedly having illicit sexual knowledge of an 11-year-old child. On Monday, February 12, 2024, Gbanger was paraded to the command headquarters in Makurdi, along with three other individuals who had been taken into custody for a variety …

Man bags life imprisonment for defiling his friend’s 12-year old daughter in Lagos

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, February 12, sentenced a 53-year-old rubber trader, Kenneth Mba, to life imprisonment for defiling a friend’s 12-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgement, held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge …

62-year old man arrested for defiling 6-year old girl in Niger state

The suspect, Adamu Danga, lured the victim who was sent on an errand by her mother to the cemetery area where he allegedly defiled her. He was caught in the act by a passerby who raised an alarm and when he tried to run, he was pursued by a mob, arrested and taken to the Bosso Police Division. Confessing to the crime, Adamu said that he defiled the …

Ekiti Govt confirms the abduction of pupils and their teachers

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has urged the citizens of the state not to despair over Monday’s kidnapping of some school pupils and their teachers in Emure- Ekiti, assuring that efforts are on to get the children and their teachers rescued. Six pupils of a private school in Emure-Ekiti, three teachers and the bus driver were abducted …

School children, Head Teacher, Driver kidnapped in Ekiti state

Some pupils have been kidnapped by armed bandits in Ekiti State. The schoolchildren who attend Apostolic Faith School were abducted alongside their head teacher and a driver. Sources told CRACO that the victims were kidnapped after school hours in Emure, Ekiti State. “The pupils were kidnapped while going to Eporo Ekiti from Emure on their school …

27-year old woman arrested and charged to court for inflicting injury on a 10-year old girl with cane

A 27-year old woman,  Precious Ojo, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly inflicting injury on a 10-year old girl with a cane.  CRACO reports that the incident happened at Ceremedu Awoyaya area of Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, where they reside. The suspect, Precious, used the cane to inflict injury on the victim’s back and face …