The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Rasheed Wasiu, to life imprisonment for raping his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that Mr Wasiu defiled the survivor in a “beastly” manner. Mr Oshodi said the offence of defilement was grave and attracted a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. According to him, the convict lied in his evidence before the court. Mr Oshodi said notwithstanding the overwhelming evidence …
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The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has remanded a lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, in the custody of the State Criminal and Investigative Department for allegedly brutalizing her 11-year-old house help. Mrs Okafor who resides at Chris Igwilo Street Akakpa GRA, 3-3 Onitsha, of Anambra State, was arraigned before the court on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, on a two count charge, mainly, willfully infliction of physical injuries on the body of one Happiness Nwafor, …
The Anambra lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, who allegedly abused her 11-year-old maid has surrendered herself to the police and will be arraigned in court. Recall that the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, had placed a N2m bounty on her. Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon Ify Obinabo, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, February 16, 2024, said the suspect surrendered herself to the Anambra Police …
An 11-year-old girl, Naomi Sotonye Elijah, has been declared missing in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to her family, she was last seen on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at Okilo Road, Abuloma area of Port Harcourt. Sotonye, a JSS2 student of MYREL TREASURE academy, was reportedly taken by a stranger while on her way to her mother’s shop. Anyone with useful information on her whereabouts should please contact the family on these phone numbers; 08165139430, 08129487309, 07035802277. …
An 11-year-old youth football player is now facing a second-degree attempted murder charge after allegedly shooting two of his young teammates during practice following a fight over a bag of chips. The child who has not been named due to his age, is facing one count of attempted second-degree murder. Apopka Police Chief Michael McKinley who addressed a news conference on Tuesday morning, said the boy grabbed the gun from an unlocked box in his mother’s SUV and …
A mother allegedly strangled her 11-year-old son to death so that he would not grow up and experience their family’s financial struggles. Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 50, told detectives that her son Matthew Whitehead was “crying off and on all day over the family’s financial difficulties”, according to an affidavit obtained by WPVI. Ruth added that she did not want her son growing up “with these struggles” and therefore used her husband’s belt to strangle him in his sleep. …