Crime
Anambra woman arrested for hitting house help with pestle
The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the state police command, has arrested one Chinyere Ifesinachi for allegedly torturing her house help, identified as Idinmachukwu, with pestle and cane.
A viral video has been circulating on social media since Friday showing the little girl’s swollen eyes together with injuries sustained on all parts of her body as a result of the beating.
Confirming the arrest to journalists on Saturday, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, said the culprit was arrested on Friday and the case transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department of the Police Command, Awka where it would be charged to court.
The culprit, Ifesinachi, a 25-year-old from the Alor community, pleaded with the commissioner to forgive her as her “actions were orchestrated by the devil.”.
She accepted using both cane and pestle to beat her house girl to a pulp, saying that the reason for beating her was because the house girl threw her child to the ground.
Obinabo assured the victim of her safety, telling her she would not be returning to the culprit’s house after she was taken to the hospital for a medical examination.
While appreciating those who raised the alarm that attracted her attention to the incident, Obinabo warned that anyone caught abusing any child in the state must face the consequences.
She also commended the Police command for the continuous partnership with her Ministry in ensuring that such cases were handled professionally and in record time.
“It is also worthy of note that immediately the attention of the ministry was drawn to the incident, contacts were quickly established and a team together with some NGOs and the Police was put together to arrest the perpetrator.
“Furthermore, the said culprit is related to the mother of the little girl which is the major reason why they accepted to send their daughter to live with her.
“Also, Nigerians in the diaspora have paid off the first hospital bill of the child as she is still undergoing medical examinations and treatments to ascertain the extent of damage caused by her abuser,” she added.
It was gathered that the biological parents of the maid sent their daughter to live with the culprit in March after she was delivered of twins and was finding it difficult to cope.
The parents of the child, who did not want their names mentioned, said, “It was out of pity that we decided to send our little daughter to her after she delivered a set of twins which made it really difficult for her to cope.
“Our daughter left us in March, but it is very unfortunate that barely two months of her stay, she got all kinds of ill-treatments from a woman who was supposed to be her guardian.”
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 29-year-old man, Shehu Garuba, for allegedly stealing an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card and withdrawing N810, 000 from owner’s account.
The defendant, of no fixed address, was arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on a charge of stealing.
The prosecutor, Insp Moyosola Adesola, told the court that the defendant and one other at large, committed the offence on Sept. 23 at about 6:00p.m at Access Bank premises, Bank Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
She alleged that the defendant stole one ATM card belonging to the complainant, Mr Adewunmi Moses, and withdrew the sum of N810,000 from his account.
Adesola said that the offence contravened Section 295(1) (b) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
She urged the court to adjourn the case to enable her study the file and assemble her witnesses.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
The defendant’s counsel, Mrs Joy Raphael, urged the court to grant him bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Bankole Oluwasanmi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.
He adjourned the case until Oct. 30 for hearing.
Two men–Jonathan Ojo and Friday Sabin-, alleged to have been in unlawful possession of a gun, were on Tuesday brought before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan.
Ojo, 24 and Sabini, 18, whose addresses were not provided, each pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against them.
The Prosecutor, ASP Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendants were intercepted on Aug. 25 at 6.00 p.m, in Akinyele area of Ibadan with a gun allegedly in their possession.
Adedosu said the police caught the defendants with a locally made gun without a licence.
She alleged that the defendants intended to use the gun to commit a crime.
Adedosu said the offence contravened Section 417(D) of the Criminal Law of Oyo State, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mrs M. Olagbenro, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100, 000 each with one surety each in like sum.
Olagbenro adjourned the case until Nov. 18 for mention.
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, has sentenced 33-year-old Nasiru Isa to seven years in the correctional centre for sexually exploiting an 11-year old girl.
The Presiding Hon. Justice S .M. Shu’aibu convicted Isa, who resides in Darmanawa Bayan Gidan Kallo of Tarauni Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, on a one-count charge of sexual exploitation.
Shu’aibu summarily tried and sentenced the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the charge.
He held that the Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Babale, proved his case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently sentenced the defendant to seven years without an option of fine.
According to him, the convict is to pay additional N1 million fine as compensation.
Earlier, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano State Command, alleged that the defendant committed the offence at Darmanawa Quarters,Tarauni LGA, Kano State on October 5.
Babale said that the defendant allegedly lured his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter into his wife’s room and sexually exploited her.
“The defendant had sex with the survivor on three different occasions.
“Once in the defendant’s wife’s room and twice at an uncompleted building.
“The defendant gave the survivor bread, groundnut and N20 before sexually exploiting her,” Babale told the court.
The prosecution presented two exhibits, including the confessional statement of the defendant and the survivor’s testimony, to the court to prove his case.
Babale said that the offence contravened the provisions of section 16(1) of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015 and punishable under Sec 26(1) of TIP ACT 2015.
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