Author Archives: Joe

20
Apr

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River donates N1M to prison inmate who delivered twins

Joe CHILD RIGHTS, CHILD UPBRINGING, Day of charity, Right to life No Comments
Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong (right) donated N1million and other gift items on behalf of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River to the Medical Superintendent of Calabar General Hospital, Doctor Ayi Ita (left) for the upkeep of the prison inmate who delivered twins at the hospital on Thursday. Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River …
19
Apr

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

Joe 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 …
09
Apr

13-year old girl tells court how 60-year old man defiled her at 11

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
A 13-year-old student (name withheld), has narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a 60-year-old customer of her grandmother defiled her two-years ago when she was aged 11. The teenager made the disclosure on Tuesday during the trial of one Ahmadu Ali, also known as ‘Baba 90’, now 62-years-old over alleged defilement. …
06
Apr

Driver defiles 4-year old girl with stick and pen

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Officers of the Lagos State Police command have begun to look into a case of child molestation at the hands of a driver who works in the University of Lagos Women Society School, Lagos. The driver, Abiodun Mathew, allegedly defiled one four-year-old Kindergarten school girl within the school premises. According to reports, the driver was originally …
28
Mar

CRACO in France 24 Documentary on Babies factory in Nigeria

Joe 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. …
28
Mar

CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: Lagos school to pay N25m to a five-year-old boy for damaging his eye during flogging

Joe CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
Justice Yetunde Idowu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, on Wednesday, 27th March, 2019, ordered the proprietress of Cendom International Nursery and Primary School, Olodi-Apapa, Uche Owen, to pay N25m as damages to a five-year-old pupil of the school, Destiny Kalu after he was flogged for owing the school fee. Destiny, through his father, Inyima …
23
Mar

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

Joe 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 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
Mar

52-YEAR OLD MAN, IMPREGNATS NIECE AND ATTEMPTS TO KILL HER TO COVER HIS TRACK

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD RIGHTS, Right to life, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments
ADO-EKITI – A 52-year-old man accused of plotting to kill an under-aged niece who allegedly got pregnant for him after six years of regular sex, was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State. The suspect, Dennis Agya Kiyeye, is being held for allegedly committing incest with, and conspiracy to kill her victim, …