Crime

Two Sexagenarian Allegedly Assault Teenager for Two Years

By Web News 1495

By Abisola Oluremi

A 15-year-old girl has been sexually assaulted by her sixty-five-year-old stepfather and his sixty-year-old younger brother at  Olude, Apata area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital 

 The incident took several days before the investigation was completed and the case was eventually reported to the police.

 The teenager (name withheld) was gathered to have earlier been severally abused by her biological father since when she was two years.

The victim, a JS 1 student of a government-owned secondary school in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State was fearful on hearing that the secret had gotten to Radio Nigeria.

 After being calmed, she explained that her ordeal started at the age of two when her biological father started sleeping with her after her mother Abiodun Kareem moved out of her matrimonial home leaving her with her father and this continued till she attained the age of eight.

The victim said it was easy for her father to carry out the act because there was no one else living with the duo of daughter and father.

Explaining how the cat was let out of the bag, the young girl said her maternal grandmother paid her an unscheduled visit and she told her about her ordeal of six years.

 The case was then reported at Isabo Police Station in Abeokuta, Ogun State, and the father was arrested and kept in the custody for four years awaiting trial but unfortunately, he died in prison.

 Narrating her present predicament, she said the 65-year old step-father Mr Waheed Kareem continued from where her father stopped and always had sex with her weekly while his younger brother, Rasheed Kareem popularly called Onaala daily had sex with her asking.

Explaining why she did not inform her mother, the victim said the old man threatened to kill her and her mother, hence she had to conceal the secret since the year 2021.

Did her mum ever suspect? The teenager said a neighbour noticed that she was having her menstrual flow for sixteen days every month as against the normal 3 to 5 days.

She explained that her mother took her to a private hospital and it was diagnosed that her womb was infected.

Confirming the allegation to Radio Nigeria, the 35-year-old mother of the victim, Abiodun Kareem said she accosted her husband but had to keep mute as she had no financial means to take care of the three children ages 6, 4, and 2 to bore for the man.

Reacting, the suspect, an indigene of  Abeokuta, Waheed  Kareem pleaded guilty but blamed the act on the devil as he did not know what came over him.

Radio Nigeria after the investigation reported the case at Apata Police Post and the Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs for necessary action.

 As at the time of filing this report, the case had been transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department for further investigation, the suspect was detained while the step- father’s younger brother Rasheed Karim who was also involved in the allegation was still at large.

Meanwhile, the  Director of Child Welfare, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Mr  Oluwagbemileke  Ojerinde said the victim would be rehabilitated while her mother would be supported in raising the other three children.

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Crime

Teacher Arraigned for Sexual Assault on Pupils

By Web News 499

A nurse, Oluchi Nwoke-Okoi, has told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how an Arabic teacher, Farouk Adam, allegedly inserted his finger in the private parts of nine pupils, aged between seven and thirteen years.

Farouk faces a nine-count charge bordering on sexual assault.

Nwoke-Okoi, a registered nurse and midwife, while being led in evidence by the state prosecutor, Olufunke Adegoke, said she was a staff of the Women At Risk Foundation (WARIF) and had 15 years of experience in midwifery.

The witness told the court that she attended to nine survivors and conducted vagina examinations on seven of them after their mothers brought them to the WARIF centre on Feb. 20, 2019.

“The survivors and their mothers were brought to the centre by police officers. We took time to question each of the survivors and also conducted a vagina examination on them.

“Seven of the survivors said that the defendant, who is their Arabic teacher, on several occasions, inserted his fingers into their vaginas.

“The 8th survivor said the defendant only touched her breast while the 9th survivor told us that she was afraid to attend the Quranic class after her sister told her that the defendant inserted his fingers into her vagina.

“Vagina examination was carried out on them. Based on their histories and the vagina examination, the result shows the absence of hymen. The conclusion is suggestive of sexual assault of a minor,” she said.

The witness told the court that the youngest of the survivor was seven years while the oldest was 13 years.

In cross-examination by defence counsel, A.O. Okonkwo, Nwoke-Okoi said she was certified by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), adding that the vagina examination she carried out on the survivors was not outside her practice.

The prosecuting counsel informed the court that the witness was the last prosecution witness in the case and prayed the court to order the defendant to open his defense.

The alleged offence contravened Section 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, (2015).

Justice Abiola Soladoye adjourned the case until Oct. 5 for the defendant to open his defense.

FRCN Abuja/Adetutu Adetule

Crime

74-yr-old man in police net over alleged sexual abuse

By Web News 548

A 74-year old man, Bassey Inyang, has been handed over to the police for alleged sexual abuse of a 12-year old girl in Calabar.

The suspect, who resides at 14 Waddell Street, Mbukpa in Calabar, was whisked away by men of the Anti-Cult and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River Police Command following an alarm raised by members of the community.A witness had alleged that this was not Inyang’s first time while other parents, who had similar experiences, also opened up to tell their stories.

They said luck ran out of the suspect when the mother of the 12-year old (name withheld) came to the suspect’s compound to confront him because her daughter had contracted a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD)They said the mother noticed blood stains on the underwear of the minor and asked her what happened and she opened up that she had been assaulted sexually by the suspect.Commenting on the incident, Mr Pendo Ned, Secretary of Ikot Edet Etim village in Efut Abua West clan in the Mbukpa area, said when they got the information, the suspect was brought before the Community Head, Muri Ebuka Ebuka.

Vanguard/Opeyemi Olugbenga

Crime

Actor, Baba Ijesa May Face Life Imprisonment

By Web News 936

The Lagos State Government is to press charges against Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as ”Baba Ijesa” for sexual assault.

A statement by the Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, Mr, Moyosore Onigbanjo, on Tuesday says the Directorate of Public Prosecutions recommended five charges against the suspects.

The sexual assault charge is punishable by life imprisonment.

Baba Ijesa was recently caught on video tape harassing a minor, which sparked outrage on social media.

Olarewaju, Baba Ijesa was seen confessing to the crime and pleading for forgiveness in a video that went viral on social media.

Mr Onigbanjo, gave assurance that Baba Ijesha would be charged under the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

The charges includes Indecent treatment of a child, which is punishable by seven years imprisonment.

Others are defilement of a child, which is punishable by life imprisonment, and attempted sexual assault by penetration, punishable by 14 years imprisonment, and Sexual Assault, which is punishable by three years imprisonment. Also, sexual assault by penetration is also punishable by life imprisonment.

Crime

Incessant Rape Attacks and the Ways Out

By Web News 1171

Ogun State has had its fair share of incidences of rape in the recent times.

From the case of a twenty-seven-year-old man raping an eighty-year-old woman, and that of the twenty-eight-year-old that attempted to kill the victim after rape to that of the secondary school teacher who defiled his fourteen-year-old student, the list goes on and on.

Our correspondent Wale Oluokun in this special report takes a look at the way out of the increasing rate of the criminal act.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Ekiti Govt. to Establish Sexual Assault Centres

By Web News 1180

Ekiti State Government is to establish sexual assault referral centres to address incidences of rape in the society. 

Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi stated this in Ado Ekiti during an interactive session on gender-based violence with heads of broadcast media stations in Ekiti state.

Erelu Fayemi explained that the centres would be strategically located to take care of treatment and counselling of rape victims.

The governor’s wife, who expressed worry over the rising cases of rape, especially the minors, appealed to the heads of media stations to collaborate with the gender based violence committee and champion campaign against the trend.

She noted that the committee had met with local government chairmen to take the message to the grassroots.

In their short remarks, all the heads of the broadcast stations in Ekiti State, including the General Manager of Radio Nigeria Progress FM Ado Ekiti, Mr Dokun Ladele pledged their support to the committee and suggested various ways to make the campaign effective.

Ogunrinde Amos