Crime
Businessman bags life imprisonment for defiling 12-year-old daughter
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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Asekeji, to life imprisonment for defiling his 12-year-old biological daughter.
Justice Abiola Soladoye, in her judgment, also held that the Prosecution had proved the three legs of the charge of defilement against Asekeji.
Soladoye said that the convict’s act of having unlawful sexual intercourse with his own biological child was against the law of nature.
She said it was a case of incest which should never be heard of.
According to her, the father of the convict, who is 75 years old, testified against him that he defiled his granddaughter, by having unlawful sexual intercourse with her.
The judge said: “The victim, in her testimony, told the court that she was 14 years old but her father defiled her when she was 12 years old.
“She testified that she was at home with her father, who was drunk on June 11, 2020 and he instructed her to enter the room and lie on the bed.
“She told this court that her father asked her to take off her clothes and then had sex with her.
“She said and I quote ‘he laid on me and put his penis in my vagina, then he took videos of me and threatened to show the video to people if I tell anybody what has happened.”
The court held that the survivor testified that her father instructed her to drink salt water after he had defiled her.
The judge said the survivor told the court that she could not tell anyone earlier because the convict had threatened to kill her if she told anyone that he had been sexually abusing her before the last incident of June 11, 2020.
The judge also held that the medical report revealed that the survivor had been defiled as the report showed the hymen had been broken.
The convict’s mother, a petty trader, in her evidence, also told the court that she returned from the market and saw blood on the pants of her granddaughter and then asked her what happened to her.
She said her granddaughter told her that she was having stomach pain and her father gave her something to drink and then told her the incident that occurred.
The survivor’s grandmother said that a report was made at the Meiran police station and the convict was arrested.
The convict’s brother in his testimony also told the court that the convict had been causing problems in the family and had been arrested before.
The convict who testified as the sole witness in his case denied having sexual intercourse with his daughter.
He said that he did not live with his parents but that he had access to the house adding that his daughter lived with his parents.
The court said in the instant case, the survivor identified her biological father as the man who had sexual intercourse with her several times.
Soladoye said: “Apart from identifying Asekeji as her father, other witnesses confirmed the evidence of the victim.
“Circumstantial evidence and also medical report, evidence of the grandmother, the evidence of the grandfather and evidence of her uncle all points to the convict.
“Oluwafemi Asekeji, you have been found guilty as charged and you are hereby sentenced to life imprisonment.
“The convict is to have his name registered in the Lagos State sexual Offences register.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the convict was arraigned before the court on a charge of defilement.
The State Counsel, Ms Abimbola Abolade, told the court that the convict committed the offence on June 11, 2020, at about 11:00 p.m. at Ilupeju Street, Araromi Bus Stop, Meiran in Lagos.
The prosecution called five witnesses while the convict testified as a sole witness.
Crime
Horror in Avignon: Woman Testifies Against Husband Who Drugged Her for Dozens of Men to Rape
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Horror in Avignon: Woman Testifies Against Husband Who Drugged Her for Dozens of Men to Rape
In a shocking case that has gripped the southern French city of Avignon, a 71-year-old woman gave harrowing testimony in court, recounting years of abuse after her husband allegedly drugged her and allowed dozens of men to rape her.
“The image is unbearable, I’m lying lifeless in my bed, asleep, and they’re about to rape me,” the woman told the court. “It’s a barbaric scene. They look at me like a bag of rubbish, it’s unbearable, and I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to get up again.”
Her 72-year-old former husband, who she has since divorced, is standing trial, accused of orchestrating the horrific abuse over a period of 10 years by drugging his wife and arranging for other men to assault her. Fifty men have been accused of participating in the assaults, with 18 currently in custody.
According to the indictment, the husband, a pensioner, made contact with the men online. While no money was exchanged, he reportedly gained satisfaction from watching the rapes. The crimes were discovered after the man was arrested for filming under the skirts of women in a supermarket, leading investigators to uncover hundreds of videos of the assaults on his computer.
The woman, who appeared in court alongside her three children, bravely confronted the accused, some of whom claimed they were unaware that she had been drugged and believed she was pretending to be asleep as part of a consensual game.
“These people knew very well what they were doing and what a lethargic state I was in,” the woman testified, rejecting the defence’s claims.
The abuse only came to light after her husband’s arrest, although she had long complained of memory lapses and extreme fatigue, unaware that her husband had been drugging her.
“I was sedated, like before going into the operating theatre. Afterwards, you can no longer remember the operation. That’s exactly what happened to me,” she told the court.
While 72 men were recorded assaulting the woman, authorities have been unable to identify all the perpetrators from the videos. The trial continues, with most of the accused having admitted to their involvement.
Crime
Court remands 2 housewives for allegedly assaulting neighbour
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A Sharia Court in Kano State on Monday remanded two housewives in a correction centre for assaulting their neighbour.
The police charged Sa’adautu Abubakar, 33, and Amina Abdulkadir,20, all of Mandawari Sabon Titi, in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano, with criminal intentional hurt and intimidation.
When the charge was read to them, they both pleaded not guilty.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, ordered that they should be remanded in the Goron Dutse correction centre in Kano.
He adjourned the case until Sept 18 for further mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Wada told the court that the complainant, Firdausi Aliyu who also resides in Mandawari Sabon Titi, reported the matter at the Mandawari Police Station on Aug 28.
Wada said that the complainant had a misunderstanding with the defendants about some money.
He said that the defendants attacked Aliyu with a pestle and also bit her hand which led to serious injuries.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 158 of the Penal Code.
Crime
Man docked for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter
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The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 38-year-old man, Lucky Ugwauka, in Badagry for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter.
Ugwauka, whose address was not provided, is charged with defilement, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Aug.16 at 6.00.p.m, at Abapasha St. in the Ojo area of Lagos.
Adeosun said that the defendant defiled his 10-year-old daughter.
He said that he threatened to kill her if she revealed his sexual escapades.
He said that the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 139, 263 and 58 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Adekomaiya ordered that the sureties should be level 14 officers in the Civil Service.
He adjourned the case until Sept. 30 for mention.
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