Category Archives: Violence against women and girls

25
Apr

CRACO PROTEST LETTER TO THE HON. CHIEF JUSTICE OF EDO STATE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
HONOURABLE CHIEF JUDGE CRACO being displeased and disappointed with the decision of Honorable Justice D.I. Adamaigbo of the High Court of Justice, Edo State striking out a case of defilement of a 9-year old child on the ground that the victim’s father has forgiven the offender, wrote a protest letter to the Honourable Chief Justice of Edo State.
19
Apr

Court strikes out case as dad ‘forgives’ man who raped 9-year-old daughter twice

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
A Family Court sitting in Benin, Edo State struck out a case bordering on the rape of a minor as the victim’s father told the judge that he had forgiven the defendant. The complainant expressed his desire to forgive his daughter’s rapist after the defendant had pleaded guilty to child rape. The Police Counsel, Insp. Peter Ogbe, on Wednesday, informed …
28
Mar

CRACO in France 24 Documentary on Babies factory in Nigeria

Joe Igbwe CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD TRAFFICKING, Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
Since 2018, CRACO has been reaching out to schools in Lagos State educating children on their right to freedom from all forms of violence, especially sexual violence. In one of our schools outreach, we were joined in the field by France 24, an international TV station based in Paris. The TV station was doing a documentary on Babies factory in Nigeria. …
23
Mar

Lesson Teacher defiles 13-year old pupil he was giving extramural education

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
The police in Lagos have arrested a 30-year-old teacher, Charles Munroe, for allegedly defiling a Senior Secondary School one pupil he was giving extramural education. Although Munroe admitted to having sex with the 13-year-old girl, he claimed it was consensual and that the victim seduced him. CRACO learnt that the girl’s mother had employed Munroe …
08
Mar

Killer Husband Lekan Shonde is sentenced to death for killing wife

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls, Right to life, Violence against women and girls No Comments
51-year-old Lekan, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, was found guilty of the murder of his wife and he was today sentenced to death by hanging by the Lagos State High Court. Mrs Ronke Shonde was found dead at her home in Egbeda on the morning of May 6, 2016. The family nanny had arrived to prepare the children for school and found the …
01
Feb

RAPE: SUSPECT RETRACTS GUILTY PLEA AFTER PREGNANT DAUGHTER, UNCLE, NGO WORKERS, DRIVER DIE IN ACCIDENT

Joe Igbwe Right of women and girls, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
A native doctor, Jacob Alonge, who was accused of impregnating his own daughter, Gift, has retracted his guilty plea. The 54-year-old, who was to be sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of incest, reportedly changed his plea after the news that his 17-year-old daughter had died in an accident on the way to a magistrates’ court in Benin City, …
06
Jul

50 – YEAR STUDY PROVES SPANKING CHILDREN IS JUST AS BAD AS PHYSICAL ABUSE

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD TRAFFICKING, CHILD UPBRINGING, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, Creative Children, Education, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), FOREIGN NEWS, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD, Right of women and girls, Right to life, Uncategorized, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
  “I would never discipline my kids by hitting them, but I have no problem with spanking”. Have you ever heard or maybe even used that logic? Parents, caregivers and scientists alike have always debated whether it is right or wrong to use spanking as discipline. After 50 years of research, psychologists have confirmed that spanking children produces …
15
Jun

22-YEAR OLD MAN REMANDED FOR DEFILING A 7-YEAR OLD GIRL

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right of women and girls, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 22-year-old trader, Moses Austine, at Kirikiri prisons for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. Magistrate Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, refused to take the plea of the accused and ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Austine, …
15
Jun

I only inserted my finger, says man accused of defling 15 year old girl

Joe Igbwe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, Violence against women and girls No Comments
Emmanuel Okorie, a driver who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s 15-year-old sister, has denied the allegation levelled against him by Lagos State Government. The defendant, who is standing trial on a count charge before a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere yesterday, told the court that he did not defile the teenager. Okorie, who was testifying …