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26
Apr

UPDATE: 17-year old girl sexually abused at age 7 speaks out to CRACO

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On the 13th of April, we published the story of a 17-year old girl who was defiled at age 7, and who had to speak out to CRACO after 10 years of keeping the abuse to herself and suffering the emotional trauma. Hear her story once again: _______________________________________ “Growing up we knew him as uncle Kabiru. He wasn’t related to …
25
Apr

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

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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.
20
Apr

Accused of sexually abusing children, a Roman Catholic priest who served a church in Hunterdon County has been permanently removed from priesthood by Pope Francis.

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The Diocese of Metuchen on Friday — Good Friday — announced the laicization of Mark Dolak. He was ordained in 1979 and faced multiple accusations of abuse that were deemed credible, the diocese had announced in February. Dolak had been assigned to six churches in the diocese, including St. Catherine of Siena in Pittstown. Dolak is now returned …
20
Apr

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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. …