Category Archives: CHILD ABUSE

23
Aug

16-year old rape victim bows to family pressure, accepts the rapist’s apology, and case was resolved out of court

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A 16-year-old girl (names withheld), allegedly raped by a popular Islamic cleric, Habeebullah Titilope Abdulrahman in Ede, Osun State has bowed to pressure from her family to forgive the cleric. The rape victim who lost her father at a very tender age had on August 2, at the Osun State Magistrate’s Court, Ede vowed to commit suicide if her late father’s …
23
Aug

I Was Promised N50,000 to aid Kidnap of Infants – Suspect … As Troops Hand Over 2 Kidnapped Infant, 3 Suspects To Police

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  A 37 year old Woman from Abia state, Ruth Okoronkwo, who was on Friday paraded at the Police headquarters in Jalingo, Taraba state, has said she was recruited to Kidnap infants for the sum of N50,000. The kidnap suspect who claims she is a business woman, was intercepted by troops of 20 Model Battalion of the Nigeria Army, Serti, at one of their …
23
Aug

10-year old girl struggling to see with one eye after her father beat her with a wire that nearly damaged one of her eyes

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The incident happened at Ikotun area of Lagos. We learnt her offence was that she caused a ladder to fall down from it’s position. Speaking in Yoruba, the little girl said her father was not home when the ladder fell, but on getting home, he accused her of causing the ladder to fall, and started beating her with electric wire that caused her the …
23
Aug

14-Year-Old Girl Raped By HIV Patient In Port Harcourt Hospital

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Founder of Behind Bar Initiatives, Harrison Gwamnishu, has been on the case of a 14-year-old girl raped by HIV positive patient in Port Harcourt hospital. Sharing video of the victim known as Gift (Her face not shown), Harrison Gwamnishu gives an update: “We successfully #RetrievedGift, 14year old raped in Kendox Hospital Portharcourt. Handed …
18
Aug

Man barnished from his community for raping and impregnating his 13-year old daughter in Abia State

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A man has been barnished from his community after he raped and impregnated his 13-year-old daughter who was born out of incest with his cousin many years ago. The man, Ugochukwu Nwonwu, a native of Umuokwenuta Isingwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, is currently on the run after he was discovered to have raped and impregnated his …
17
Aug

UPDATE: Court refuses the bail application of the lady who locked a little boy in dog’s cage – remanded in Prison

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We had earlier reported on Thursday that the lady who was filmed flogging a 10-year old boy and locked him up in a dog’s cage will be charged to court on Friday. True to the information, she was charged at Ikeja Magistrate court sitting at Ogba on Friday. Her lawyer applied that she be granted bail since her offence is a bailable offence, but …
17
Aug

Christian Religious Studies (CRS) teacher rapes and impregnates his 15-year old student

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A petitioned has been submitted to the Ondo State government regarding the case of a teacher who allegedly raped one of his students repeated till she got pregnant. The incident happened at one of the secondary schools in the State and recently caught the attention of one Mr Ogunfiditimi. According to him: “I was in Ondo during the last break and …
16
Aug

See the face of the lady who locked a boy in dog cage, now arrested by police

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The police has arrested Onyinye Mbadike, a 24-year-old single lady who was caught on camera locking a young boy in a cage harbouring fierce dogs. Bala Elkana, Lagos State Police public relations officer, made this known in a statement released on Thursday. Contrary to reports that the incident took place in Nsukka, a town in Enugu state, the crime occurred …
16
Aug

30-year old Head Teacher defiles 6-year old school Pupil

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Shedrach Ozoemena Nwekeagu have been arrested by the Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for allegedly raping a 6 years old school pupil. The suspect is the Head Teacher in one of the private schools in the Kuje, Abuja. According to the victim’s father, he observed that his daughter complained of …