Category Archives: CHILD ABUSE

19
Feb

APOSTOLIC CHURCH PASTOR REMANDED IN PRISON FOR DEFILING AN 11-YEAR OLD GIRL IN SCHOOL TOILET

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On Sunday, we reported that a Catholic Priest allegedly impregnated a 14-year old girl in Benue state, and the report did not go down well with a lot of people who came on our facebook page to defend him and insult this organisation for reporting the sto ry. Today, it is the case of an Apostolic Church Pastor. On Monday 18, February, 2019, an Ikeja …
17
Feb

CATHOLIC PRIEST IMPREGNATES 14-YEAR OLD GIRL IN BENUE STATE

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A report reaching CRACO from Benue State has it that a Catholic Priest impregnated a 14-year old girl. The suspect is the Parish Priest at St. Christopher Catholic Mission, Nanev, Mbawar, Adikpo, kwande LGA, Benue state at the time this incident took place. The victim was a female Mass Servant at the mission. It was alleged that one day after the evening …
26
Jan

WOMAN DOCKED FOR BEATING A 6-YEAR OLD GIRL FOR EATING XTRA PLATE OF RICE

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A woman, Nkechi Ibrahim, who allegedly flogged her 6-year-old niece and tied her legs to a table for eating an extra plate of rice, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. Ibrahim, 43, who resides at 5 Omoojule St., Balogun Bus Stop, Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb, was docked for assault, an offence she denied committing. The …
23
Dec

48-year-old Man Remanded In Prison For Defiling 7-year-old Daughter, 15-month-old Granddaughter

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A Yaba Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 48-year-old man in prison custody at Ikoyi, Lagos state for allegedly raping his 7-year old daughter and 15 month-old grand-daughter. Sylvester Ehiyele was charged with indecent assault, defilement and unlawful carnal knowledge of the victims. The suspect was said to have confessed to the crime at the State …
20
Dec

Angry mother sets 8-year-old daughter ablaze in Kaduna

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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, on Wednesday, arrested a woman in Kaduna for allegedly setting her eight-year- old daughter ablaze with petrol over trivia offence. The suspect also locked up the girl for six days before someone raised the alarm which attracted the security men. ‎It was gathered that the suspect asked her daughter …
29
Nov

SUPPORT CAMPAIGN TO END SEXUAL VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

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Child sexual abuse is not an epidemic because abusers are unstoppable, rather, it is an epidemic because learning, talking and taking action to protect children does not receive the awareness and support it deserves. Be the change. Up to $5000 is needed to earn us permanent membership of GlobalGiving. This will give us access to regular fund to sustain …
29
Nov

NAPTIP ARRESTS OCHANYA’S AUNT FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TEENAGER’S REPEATED RAPE

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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested Felicia Ogbuja, the aunt of Elizabeth Ochanya, a teenage girl that recently died after years of sexual abuse. Ochanya died on October 18, 2018 after years of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by Felicia’s husband, Andrew Ogbuja, and their son, Victor, a student …
26
Oct

COURT REMANDS LECTURER WHO RAPED 13-YEAR OCHANYA TO DEATH IN PRISON CUSTODY

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The Chief Magistrate’s Court One, Makurdi, Benue State, on Thursday remanded a 51-year-old lecturer in the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic, Mr Andrew Ogbuja, in custody. The lecturer, who had earlier been charged for allegedly raping his 13-year-old housemaid, Miss Elizabeth Ogbanje, was on Thursday arraigned on …
26
Oct

THE FULL STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO 13-YEAR OLD OCHANYA AND HOW IT ALL STARTED

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The International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) Nigeria is devastated to report the untimely and unjust passing of our tender client, Ochanya Elizabeth Ogbanje, allegedly following years of sexual abuse, defilement and violation at the hands of her uncle, Mr Andrew Ogbuja and cousin, Mr Victor Ogbuja. Miss Ochanya’s case was first reported to …