Tag Archives: child abuse

29
Jan

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

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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 …
28
Jan

45-year old man remanded in prison for defiling 8-year old step Daughter in Lagos

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A 45-year old man, Christopher Egwatu,  has been arrested and charged  in Lagos State for allegedly defiling his 8-year old step-daughter and she lost her virginity in the process.  The incident happened at Roseline Street, Ilogbo area of Ojo, Lagos, where the suspect, Egwatu, resides with the victim. The suspect started defiling the …
26
Nov

Catholic Priest in Anambra arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a minor.

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A Catholic Priest in Anambra State identified as Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen has been arrested for raping and impregnating a minor. An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court , Anambra State remanded the priest in prison till December 6, 2023. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit …
24
Oct

Medical Doctor sentenced to LIFE IMPRISONMENT for defiling 15-year old girl

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The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece. Olaleye was arraigned on two counts which bordered on defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s niece, …
11
Jul

DRIVER SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPING EMPLOYER’S 5-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER

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A 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his employer’s five-year-old granddaughter. The judge of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, Abiola Soladoye, handed down the sentence on Monday after finding the convict guilty of defilement. Mr Raufu had been arraigned on 30 November 2021 on …
10
Jul

COURT REMANDS ANAMBRA BROTHEL OWNER FOR USING UNDER AGED GIRLS FOR PROSTITUTION

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The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court, sitting at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Awka, has remanded a brothel owner, Mrs. Ekpereamaka Okonkwo, 39, alias Ukwu Venza, and her husband, Okechukwu Okonkwo, 36, for allegedly using und3rage girls for pr0stitution purposes in Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The woman …