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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 …
16
Nov

Married Church worker defiled and impregnated 14-year old girl inside church in Anambra state.

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A 31-year-old father-of-two, James Rich, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command over allegations of defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in Awka. The State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon. Ify Obinabo, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, November 16, 2023, said the suspect hails from Cross River …
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 …
10
Jul

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD PASTOR ARRAIGNED IN COURT FOR RAPING 13-YEAR OLD CHILD

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Rev. Chukwuwemeka Orji, a suspended Assemblies of God clergy who allegedly r@ped his 13-year-old domestic worker has been denied bail and remanded at the Aba Correctional Centre, pending further investigations. The suspect, who took the victim from her family members with a promise to sponsor her education, had allegedly been having carnal knowledge …
10
Jul

MAN ARRESTED IN ABIA FOR DEFILING HIS THREE DAUGHTERS

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Members of the Abia State Vigilance Group have arrested a man, Chidi Nkire, for allegedly def!ling three of his underage children at their residence in the Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. Nkire had been carrying out these acts since last year, starting after his separation from their mother. He coerced and threatened the children, even resorting …