The Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) in Nigeria conference has urged the federal government to establish special courts to try rape cases and other sexual offences in the country.At its network meeting in Abuja in Wednesday, the group said the measure would fast-track the prosecution and conviction of those found guilty of rape.The meeting was organised by the British Council [...]
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Yesiru Onajobi, a farmer, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter.Sule Hassan, justice of the federal high court in Lagos, gave the judgement on Thursday, following a six-year trial.Onajobi was arraigned by the National Agency for Prohibition and Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on July 18, 2013.Hassan said the prosecution successfully proved the [...]
A human rights group called Social Justice League (SJL) has urged the police to treat the rape allegations against Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), transparently.In a statement on Friday, the group alleged that some unnamed individuals were plotting to distort justice in the case.Busola Dakolo, a celebrity photographer, had accused Fatoyinbo of raping her [...]
Sabiu Jibia, an Islamic cleric in Katsina state, has lamented atrocities committed by bandits during attacks on people of the state.According to PRNigeria, Jibia, who is also the imam in Jibia local government, said wives and children in the state have become victims of rape perpetuated by bandits.The cleric also lamented the desertion of villages and farmlands as well as the [...]
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A magistrate's court sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital, has remanded Sunday Awolola, the soldier who allegedly raped a 300 level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, to police custody.Mayowa Olanipekun, the magistrate, gave the order, following a prayer by Kayode Idowu, defence counsel, who sought an adjournment to enable him properly study the applications brought before the court [...]
The Ondo state police command says Sunday Adelola, a soldier who allegedly raped a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, will be arraigned in court this week.Femi Joseph, the command's police public relations officer, said the victim is a 300-level student of the department of Religous and African Studies in the institution.The incident took place at a military checkpoint [...]
Betty Akeredolu, wife of Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, says she has engaged the services of Taekwondo professionals to train young girls on self-defence against rapists.According to NAN, Akeredolu said this on Friday when she delivered a letter to Undie Adie, the state commissioner of police, to express her displeasure over the rising incidents of rape in the state.The [...]
A magistrates’ court in Minna, Niger state capital, has sentenced Abubakar Abdullahi, an Islamic teacher, to seven years imprisonment for having anal sex with 35 of his pupils.Abdullahi, a resident of Sabon Gari, Kontagora, was charged with "unnatural offence", contrary to section 284 of the penal code law.Daniel Ikwoche, the police prosecutor, had told the court that one Murtala Abdullahi, [...]
Yemi Davids, founding pastor of Global Impact Church, Lagos, says Busola Dakolo confided in him that Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), raped her.In a post on Instagram on Thursday, the pastor, who reportedly joined Timi and Busola, said he was privy to some of the "personal struggles" of Busola over the years.David spoke after Timi, a [...]
Less than a week after Busola Dakolo, wife of Timi Dakolo, Nigerian singer, accused Biodun Fatoyinbo, senior pastor of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) of raping her, a former staff of the church has made similar claims.In an anonymous interview with Chude Jideonwo of YNaija, same platform where Busola had made her narrations, the lady, pseudo named 'X', said the incident [...]
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