Painter bags life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s daughter

Painter bags life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s daughter

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court have sentenced a painter, Sunday Ajibade, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old daughter of his neighbour. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond a reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement against Ajibade, a resident of Abule-Egba in Lagos.

Painter bags life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s daughter

File photo: Guardian Nigeria Soladoye also held that the court found the survivor’s evidence straight, neat and uncontroversial as she identified the defendant, who sent her to bring his torn clothing from the room and hurriedly followed her, pulled out a knife, threatened her and forcefully had sex with her. According to Soladoye, the defendant is a pathological liar who feeds on the innocence of the survivor. “The survivor told this court that she went to sew a piece of cloth at her neighbour’s house, who is a tailor when the defendant beckoned on her to help him bring his torn clothing from his room. “She said that as soon as she entered his room, the defendant ran after her, pulled out a knife, pointed same at her, threatened to kill her if she told anyone what he was about to do to her and forcefully had canal knowledge of her. “The survivor said she saw blood on her clothes when she got home and reported it to her mother when she came back from the market. “The second prosecution witness, who is the mother of the survivor said that the defendant lived three houses from their house and that she was not at home on the day of the incident. “She told this court that she noticed her daughter getting lean and refusing to eat and narrated her ordeal which made her report the case at Oko-Oba Police Station.” The judge said that the survivor’s mother testified that the defendant tried to run away but he was later arrested to face the music and that all efforts made by the defendant’s family to beg the mother of the survivor proved abortive as she was bent on getting justice for her daughter. Soladoye said that the issues raised by the defence that the evidence of the survivor was not corroborated and that there was no medical report did not hold water. She said this was because the prosecution had proved each of the essential ingredients of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the child who appeared before this court is underage. “She stated clearly and I believe her that the defendant forcefully had sex with her as her consent could not have been obtained. “On the issue of corroboration, the testimony of the survivor was corroborated by her mother’s testimony. “On the issue of the prosecution not tendering a medical report, it is right law, that tendering of medical report is not mandatory to establish the offence of defilement. “Upon careful review of all the evidence tendered before this honourable court, both oral and documentary, the court finds the prosecution witnesses truthful and credible in their testimonies. “The confessional statement of the defendant which was tendered and admitted into evidence in this case showed he committed the offence and his denial while giving his evidence is a means to lie his way through.” Soladoye, thereafter, pronounced the defendant guilty as charged and sentenced him to life imprisonment. She ordered that Ajibade should have his name registered in the sexual offences register as maintained by Lagos State Government. The judge also cautioned children to be very careful while running errands for irresponsible adults like the defendant. “It is becoming a recurring decimal that these kids, whenever they are sent to buy anything, they are told to drop in the room. “In this case, where the defendant told the girl to bring his torn clothing from his room but he went after her, pounced on her and forcefully defiled her. “Kids should learn from this and avoid being entrapped by irresponsible paedophiles like this defendant. “Children should be schooled on how to run errands and they should avoid going to rooms to deliver such messages as this is becoming very dangerous and it is a modus-operandi adopted by paedophiles,” she said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, called two witnesses while the defendant testified as the sole witness. According to the prosecution, the offence violated Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

Lagos businessman bags 3 life sentences for defiling his 3 underaged daughters

Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court Lagos businessman bags 3 life sentences for defiling his 3 underaged daughters

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underaged children. The minors were aged eight, eight and six. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt the three-count charge bordering on sexual assault by penetration against the defendant.

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“You are wicked and a pathological liar,” she said, adding that the defendant said his wife was mentally unstable in order to deny the offence. ”This is most bizarre and unfortunate,” she added She also berated the immediate younger sister of the defendant, who testified at the first defence witness, (DW1) for tendering a medical report concerning the mental state of the defendant’s wife which did not correlate with the timing of the incident. The judge also said that DW1 evidence was unreliable as it was a pack of lies tainted by deception after she had corrupted the minds of the survivors to lie before the court. “The children were very honest but I observed the three children that came to testify and this court could see that their aunt, whom they stayed with after the incident, had been working on their brains to tell lies before this court. “The children’s subsequent denial in court after they made statements at Satellite Police Station that their father messed around their vaginas with his fingers is an afterthought and very unfortunate. “The children were taken away from the custody of their mother and the sister-in-law painted lies in their minds. “This court can not be fooled. The DW1 is a liar and a wicked sister-in-law, whose evidence is self serving to save her brother from drawing. “The medical report on the mental state of the defendant’s wife which she tendered before this court was dated Feb. 2, 2023 but the sexual incident occurred years back and in desperation, they went to cook up a medical report from Imo state that the defendant’s wife is mentally unstable. The judge of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court further said that the attempts of DW1 and the defendant were to get through the back door when they could not get through the front door as the medical reports on the survivors revealed blunt forceful penetration. “The medical reports which were carried out on the three children and admitted into evidence before this court showed bruises on the inner surface, blunt and forceful penetration of the survivor’s vaginas. “The medical examination revealed that the three children suffered various degrees of bruises from the sexual assault perpetrated by their biological father. “This corroborates the statement of the survivors at the police station and the evidence given by the second prosecution witness (PW2), an officer from a child advocacy agency that the brother of the survivors, told him that he once saw his father, fingering his sister,” the judge said She further said that the subsequent denial of the defendant was an afterthought which did not hold water. Soladoye thereby convicted the defendant of the 3-count charge and subsequently sentenced him to life imprisonment on each of the counts. She, however, held that the sentencing should run concurrently. The judge also ordered that the convict should have his name registered in the sexual offences register as maintained by Lagos State. NAN reports that the state Deputy Director of Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) , Mr Olusola Soneye called seven prosecution witnesses thought several documents were tendered while the defendant and his sister testified for the defence. Soneye told the court that Orisakwe committed the offences between January and July 2021 at No.32 Ganiyat St., Monkey Village, Maza Maza, Lagos. The prosecution submitted that the mother of the children found blood stains on the private part of one of them and she told her mother that her father had touched her “bombom” “Upon further questioning, the mother called the other two children and they also confessed to her that their father had been assaulting them sexually whenever she was not at home,” he said. According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 261 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

6 men arrested for luring 12-year-old with money and defiling her

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Six Nigerian men have been arrested by the Bauchi State police command for raping a 12-year-old girl in the state. According to a statement by SP Mohammed Wakil, the case was referred from the Lower sharia court, Yayu town Chinade district on a January 18, 2023, for discreet investigation regarding a 12-year-old girl who was rap£d on different occasions. A discreet investigation was conducted by the Gender Unit attached to SCID Bauchi state Police Command and the following suspects were arrested;
Mustapha kawu, 40, Abubakar Bello, 50, Idriss Yakubu, 40, Nasiru Dalhatu, 40, Idris Sarkin Ruwa, 50, and Abubakar Jallaba, 37. He noted that the suspects confessed to have on different occasions, enticed the girl with monetary gifts ranging from N100 to N200 and had canal knowledge of the victim.