Category Archives: CHILD ABUSE

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 …
14
Jan

3 teenage Fulani herders arrested for gang raping girl in Bauchi

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The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three teenage Fulani herders for allegedly gang-raping a minor Hausa girl. The suspects, aged between 13 and 15, committed the offence on Friday, January 8, 2021, in Dogon Awu village,  Itas/Gadau Local Government Area of the state. Parading the boys before newsmen  at the Command Headquarters on Wednesday, …
10
Dec

49-Year-Old Pastor Allegedly Defiles 5-year-old Girl In Imo State Few Days To His Wedding

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A 5 year old child has been defiled by an alleged Pastor, neighbor and acquaintance of the girl’s parents. The victim’s mother told of how she came back and met a disturbed and moody girl with a gait that suggested she has been harmed. Out of instinctive wire, she reached for her skirt and gazed at a blood-stained pant. After persuasion …
02
Dec

Police in Ogun state rescued 10 girls, kids from a baby factory in Ogun state

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Operatives of Ogun Police Command, on Tuesday, busted a baby factory at Ofada, Mowe, Obafemi-Owode LGA and rescued ten captives, including pregnant mothers and kids. The operator of the factory, Mrs Florence Ogbonna, reportedly fled but her daughter and a physically challenged man were arrested. The physically challenged man was allegedly responsible …