Three in police net for gang rape of 16-year-old in Lagos

The Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba on Monday said it had arrested three men for alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl.

An authoritative police source at the SCID told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the incident occurred on June 16 at 7, Kaka Street, Ayobo, Ipaja.

The source told NAN that two of the suspects, now at large, lured the victim to their friend’s house at the above address where they took turns in raping her.

The source said that after sometime, the owner of house, Samuel Akpan, also came in and drove the other two, simply identified as Sadiq and Fatai, out and began to take his turn.

According to the source, Akpan later invited two others, Shola Owolabi and Michael Lanre, to join him.

He noted that the gang’s movement in and out of Akpan’s room attracted the landlord who forced the door open and caught them in the act.

The source added: “The three men made a video recording of their act as they raped the girl one after the other.

“They also threatened to kill the girl and dump her corpse should she raise an alarm as they enjoyed themselves.”

The landlord, Shakiru Akinola, told NAN that some of his tenants were the ones who drew his attention to the unusual happening in Akpan’s room.

Akinola said: “On that fateful day, I returned from the hospital and was resting when some tenants called to inform me the movements of some men in Akpan’s room.

“So, I managed to walk to the room to knock, asking them to open the door, which they refused.

“So, I was compelled to force the door open and caught them having sex with the girl and videoing the actions with their phones.

“At this point, the girl was weak and I rescued her and immediately bought a tin of milk and a can of malt to make her regain strength.

“While the men were watching her, I sneaked out to inform the police and they arrived at scene almost immediately to apprehend them.”

Meanwhile, the police have said the girl was undergoing medical examination and treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

The police added that the suspects would be taken to court soon.
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54-year-old man abducts, defiles 11-year-old girl in Ekiti

A 54-year-old man, Gbenga Adebayo, has been remanded in prison custody by a magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State Capital, for allegedly abducting and defiling 11 -year old Joke Aliu (not real name).

It was gathered that Adebayo lured the girl to follow him to his aged mother’s place in Usi-Ekiti , some 60 kilometres away from Ado-Ekiti, and camped her there for three weeks. He was allegedly visiting her there regularly and sleeping with her.

Meanwhile, in Ado-Ekiti, the same Adebayo was pretending to join the search team for the girl, who were going from one neighbourhood to another to look for her.

According to the girl, Adebayo promised to rescue her from her school teacher with whom she was staying in their apartment in Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti, on the grounds that the teacher was harsh on her.

“Gbenga Adebayo is my neighbour. He used to ask me to buy things for him. One day he approached me, saying he wanted to help me because my teacher was harsh on me. He said he would rescue me from my teacher and take good care of me. He then took me to his mother’s place in Usi-Ekiti.

” Whenever he comes there, he used to sleep with me. He has done this for 10 times now.

“I was at his mother’s place for three weeks after which I refused to sleep with him again and because of that, he decided to take me to my aunt’s place in Akure. He told my aunt that he found me in his mother’s place in Ushi and decided to help me by taking me to her. He is the first man in my life, ” the girl said.

Speaking on the development, the girl’s other aunt in Ado-Ekiti, Mrs.
Theresa Agboola, who disclosed that she (victim) is an orphan, having lost both her parents some years ago, said: “The girl was staying with her female school teacher (name withheld) who lives in a rented apartment behind Olagold, opposite Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, (EKSUTH) in Adebayo area.

”About a month ago, June 5 precisely, the girl’s teacher had called to inform me that she was missing and that the whole occupants in the house, including the suspect, Gbenga Adebayo, were searching for her.

That continued till June 29, when my sister from Akure called to tell me that the girl was brought to her by a man whom she identified as the same Gbenga Adebayo. It was then we suspected a foul play.

” We reasoned that if indeed Adebayo was sincere, he cannot be the same man who was part of the search team for the girl for three weeks here in Ado-Ekiti and also be the one who would now take her to my sister’s place in Akure after finding her.

We then reported the case to the police who promptly arrested Adebayo and charged him to court.

Last Friday, the magistrate court in Ado-Ekiti has remanded him in prison. We also gathered that he has been sleeping with the girl before eventually taking her to his mother, ” she alleged.

Confirming the Development, Ekiti State Police Public Relations Offcer, Alberto Adeyemi, said the suspect has been charged to court with charges of defilement.

Mob sets suspected serial rapist ablaze in Delta

A mob on Wednesday set ablaze a suspected member of a gang of rapists that has been terrorising Ughelli and its neighbouring communities in Delta State.

In the past two weeks, four ladies including a wife of a popular hotelier in the area had been raped by suspected members of the gang.

Luck, however, ran out on a suspected member of the group on Wednesday morning, when he allegedly tried to rape a salesgirl at Adagharagba junction near the Ughelli Central Market.

It was gathered that the suspect was apprehended by residents around 11:30am during the ill-fated rape attempt.

A resident of the area who witnessed the incident told our correspondent that several people had been killed and raped in the area by a group of young men who targeted sales girls and female traders within Ughelli and its environs.

The witness said the suspect confessed that he belonged to an armed gang that rape and attack girls in the city before he was set ablaze.

The suspect, who said he hailed
from Oroahakpor community in Ethiope West Council area of the state, allegedly disclosed that other members of the group fled on sighting the angry crowd.

Another eye witness, who also spoke anonymously, said, “The hoodlums pretended to be customers buying things in bulk hence they were allowed entering the store.

But surprisingly, the next thing we heard was the screaming of the salesgirl and we immediately rushed in to found her already attacked in her pool of blood.

“Following the attack, the mob pursued the suspects until one of them was caught at Omotor Junction where he was set ablaze by angry mob before the arrival of security agents.”

Hoodlums gang-raped sales girl to coma in Delta

The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the case of a 22-year-old sales girl who was raped to coma by some hoodlums.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Celestina Kalu, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST, saying investigation into the case has begun.

It was learnt that the hoodlums attacked the unnamed victim at the Ekuigbo community of Ughelli-North Local Government Area of the state on Monday at a store where she sold fish feed.

The hoodlums tied the victim, and took turns in raping her. She was later found naked in the pool of her blood by a female trader in the area who raised the alarm.

The PPRO said the victim was receiving treatment at the Accident and Emergency, A&E, Unit of the Central Hospital.

14-year-old girl lured with N30 and raped by school teacher in Lagos

A secondary school teacher, Cosmos Ubaja, was on Monday arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Ikorodu area of the state.

The unnamed teenager had gone to Ubaja’s shop to make photocopies after school hours when the accused lured her into sleeping with her.

The suspect, who owns a computer centre in the area, was contracted by the school to teach the junior pupils computer studies.

According to report, the victim, a Junior Secondary School, Class 3 student in a public secondary school in the Owutu area of Ikorodu, had been allegedly raped by the suspect on several occasions in eight months and was always given peanuts such as N50, N100 and N30, each time.

Ubaja, a father of one, had been raping the girl for months and the girl kept the secret away from her parents.

The last straw which broke the camel’s back was on June 1 when the girl complained to her mother that she had stomach pains and her menstrual cycle was affected.

She was then taken to a private hospital where it was discovered that she had been raped several times.

The teenager confessed that it was the computer instructor who raped her and he was arrested.

The matter was reported at the Owutu Police Division and also to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, Alausa.

The DSVRT team took the victim for a checkup at the Mirabel Centre, Ikeja.

The group’s Coordinator, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the matter had been transferred to the Gender Unit of the Lagos State Police Command.

According to her, “The 14-year-old girl was raped by her computer teacher near the school’s premises.

“The teacher and some individuals around the school initially pleaded with the girl’s parents not to report to the police. Fortunately, they rejected the plea.

“The perpetrator is in police custody and the case has been transferred from the division to the Gender Unit at the police headquarters, Ikeja. The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has also requested the duplicate case file.”

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said Ubaja has confessed to the crime and will be charged to court soon.

I’ve raped over 5 girls including my sister – Awawa cultist

A 30-year-old man, Jimoh Sanni, aka Last Born suspected to be a member of the ruthless band of robbers popularly called ‘Awawa’ in Lagos state, has revealed his involvement in robberies and rapes.

The ‘Awawa’ members, who are usually cultists, are known to unleash mayhem, loot shops, attack residents at gunpoint and specialize in terrorizing and raping young girls in Agege area of the state.

Sanni, who was arrested by operatives of the state Task Force alongside 14 others, revealed that he had raped more than five girls, including his sister (unknown to him) around Dopemu area of Agege.
Confessing before newsmen at the weekend, Sanni said, “I live at 4, Akinlabi Street, Agbotikuyo, in Agege. I am from Okene in Kogi State.

“I am a sectional head of Awawa Boys and have raped more than five girls around Dopemu area. My gang has burgled many shops at Aluminium Village and sold Indian hemp at beer parlours and night clubs at N100 per wrap before we go for our usual night robbery operations.

“We collect N2, 000 to N3, 000 every day from individual aluminum shop owners at Dopemu area and we buy Indian hemp from another Awawa Boys’ kingpin named Olata, at Oloosha area at Mushin.”

Reacting to the arrest, the Commissioner of Police, CP, Fatai Owoseni, directed that the suspects should all be immediately charged to court.

The CP disclosed the names of the other suspects as Olayemi Lasege, 38, Opeyemi Oluwasola, 33, Timothy Ogar, 32, Adebayo Nurudeen, 32, Popoola Fatai, 30, Jimoh Sanni, 30, Ajayi Babatunde Lukumon, 29, Popoola Yakubu, 27, Owolabi Adediran 27, Akerele Sunday, 25, Ajose Anthony, 24, Sanusi Afeez, 23, Adewunmi Oluwatobi, 21, Actor Amechi, 21 and Ajibade Oluwafemi, 20.

“Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force arrested the cult members at Dopemu area of Agege after they received intelligence report on the disturbing activities of notorious Awawa Boys.

“During the operation which was carried out at midnight and led by SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, Chairman, Lagos State Task Force, the suspects and other affiliated group leaders fought the officers with dangerous weapons before they were overpowered,” the CP stated.

Meanwhile, the 66-year-old father of two of the suspects (Popoola Fatai and Popoola Yakubu), Alhaji Musibaudeen Popoola, lamented he had warned his children to stop following these bad gangs around Dopemu area.

Alhaji Popoola said, “I found it extremely difficult to believe when I was told that two of my sons were among those arrested members of Awawa Boys.

“I only came, as a disciplined father, to tell them that the end has come. It is going to be a big lesson to other children that they must obey their parents,” Popoola added.

Sales girl raped and killed in Shop In Delta

A sales girl, simply identified as “Yellow,” has been bludgeoned to death after she was raped. It was gathered that her assailants attacked her inside the building material store where she worked at Afiesere community, Ughelli, Delta State.

Her lifeless body was discovered at about 5p.m. on Tuesday, by her employer who came to the shop, following reports that the shop had not been opened for business all day, only to discover her lifeless body.

Giving detail of the incident, a resident of the community who gave his name as Efemena Omokaro, claimed the lifeless body of the victim was discovered naked and mutilated inside the inner room of the shop.

He said “From what we saw on the corpse, she was attacked and killed in the morning by someone close to her. But the manner in which she was attacked calls for concern as such a thing has never happened in this community.”

Confirming the incident, a senior police officer, who spoke in confidence, said police had commenced investigation, having been briefed by the employer of the victim and the land owner of the building where the shop is located.

Police in Kaduna nab two men for allegedly raping six-year old girl

Two persons, Yahaya Umar and Muhammed Auwal, have been arrested by the police in Kaduna for allegedly raping a six-year old girl.

The spokesperson of the police command, Abubakar Zubairu, a deputy superintendent, told journalists in Kaduna on Monday that Umar, 67, and Auwal, 30, were arrested on June 13 following a complaint by the parents of the girl.

He said Mr. Auwal, who was the parent’s neighbour, was also arrested after medical personnel confirmed an earlier alleged rape on the minor.

He said Mr. Auwal was involved in an earlier rape allegation with the same girl, adding that “additional information from a medical doctor also indicated that she was earlier raped before that time and was disvirgined”.

Mr. Zubairu said the suspects would soon appear in court.

The mother of the victim told newsmen that the incident occurred on Monday, June 13, around 1p.m. at Soba Street, Tudun Wada Area in Kaduna.

“After my six years old daughter returned from school, I sent her to buy detergent for me, but she didn’t return early as expected.

“And I was worried and one boy came to my house to inform me that my daughter has been raped,’’ she said.

According to her, a woman who was passing-by caught the old man in the act in an uncompleted building within the area and she called for help which resulted in his arrest.

Serial rapist locked up 14-yr-old girl in his room for hours

A 13-year-old girl, yesterday, gave a chilling account of how she was abducted, raped and threatened with death by a suspected serial rapist arrested, weekend, by policemen attached to Ilasamaja division in Lagos.

The incident, according to the teenager identified simply as Onyinye, a Junior Secondary School 3 student of a school around Ilasamaja area, occurred on May 24.

It took several hours of persuasion before Onyinye’s parents allowed her to tell journalists her experience, as they expressed fears that Wasiu and members of his confraternity would attack them thereafter.

It was gathered that there were several other teenage girls, who had suffered same fate as Onyinye in the neighbourhood.

One of them was a 14-year-old girl, whom he allegedly locked up in his room for several hours.

When the victim (names withheld) attempted to raise alarm, she was reportedly beaten to a stupor before being repeatedly raped.

Woman bathes rapist with acid

A 31-year-old businesswoman, Nneka Nwachukwu of Dape Village, Abuja, told a Wuse Zone 2 High Court that she poured acid on Peter Nwogu, because he raped her.

Nwachukwu, led in evidence by her counsel, Moneka Azubike, told the court yesterday that Nwogu, the defendant, came to her house and forced her to sleep with him.

The defendant was first arraigned on April 11, 2014 by the police for the offence of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code. She said that on December 1, 2013, she went to her town meeting at Wuse and came back around 10 p.m.

She said: “When I came back, I warmed my food which I came back with, then I went to see my landlord, Ikechukwu Obi, to pay my house rent. “I came back to my room and saw Peter Nwogu, who is my church member in my room. He told me that he travelled but could not reach home because it was late.

“I welcomed him as a church member and he then asked me if I have food. I gave him the food I warmed and I went to take my bath.”
The defendant said when she came back from the bathroom, she saw the deceased with only his boxer and he made love advances to her.

She said: “I tried to stop him, but he didn’t. We argued and in the process he forced me to sleep with him. I was shouting, but nobody heard me.

“I bit him and he bit me too. He was so strong that I had to pour acid on him. That was in my room. I then ran out to my landlord’s room.’

She added that she explained to her landlord what had happened and he followed her to her room and saw the deceased, who asked for help.

She continued: “The deceased asked my landlord to give him water. My landlord took his clothes from my room and gave him and I went to church to tell my parish priest what happened.

“I did not know that the acid I poured on him will lead to his death.

I kept the acid in my room because I had been a victim of rape and there have been complaints of break-ins in my area. “On December 2, I went to Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, to report the matter but I was told that the matter has been reported as the deceased was already dead.”

The prosecuting counsel, Patrick Ogele, cross-examined the defendant and Justice Mamman Kolo adjourned the matter till July 1 for continuation of defence.

My Husband Is A Womanizer He Attempted To Rape My sister – Woman tells court

One Cecilia Ayayi on Thursday sought for the dissolution of her 20-year-old marriage at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos state over claims that her husband, John Ajayi, had on many occasions attempted to rape her younger sister.

The 45-year-old trader also accused her husband of infidelity.

She said her husband is a womanizer as he brought girls, nursing mothers and divorcees into their matrimonial home.

Cecilia said, “My sister left our house without any notice, when I called her to know why she packed out she told me that my husband had been trying to rape her whenever I am not at home.

“That she had to leave because my husband may succeed in raping her one day.

“On many occasions, he and his lovers had beaten me up wherever I tried to prevent them from entering our room.

“He even impregnated one of the women,” the mother of three added, noting that her husband sent her packing because she was an illiterate.

“My husband sent me packing, saying he can no longer cope with an illiterate.”

In his ruling, the Court’s President, Mr. Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case to July 12 for mention.

Man gives lover’s daughter N1,000 to keep quiet after raping her

Man gives lover’s daughter N1,000 to keep quiet after raping her

By Danielle Ogbeche on June 17, 2016

A 45-year-old man identified as Moruf Mohammed was on Thursday paraded by the Lagos State Police Command for raping a 7-year-old girl, identified simply as Dupe.

While parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni said “Mohammed, residing at Philip Street, Ibeshe Ikorodu, defiled a seven-year-old girl at Ayanbandejo Street, Ikorodu.

“When Mohammed was arrested by detectives, he denied ever touching Dupe.

“He said he is Dupe’s mother, Kubura’s lover and that the woman framed him because he refused to give her some money she requested for.

“The victim is traumatised and is being medically attended to at Mirabel Medical Centre, Ikeja,” Owoseni stated.

The victim’s mother said her daughter was sexually violated by Mohammed, stating that she found her daughter bleeding.

She however debunked Mohammed’s claim that they were lovers.

She said, “I went out, leaving Dupe with her older siblings.

“The oldest among them was 20 years. I returned home around 2pm and found Dupe was sleeping. I asked her what was wrong with her. She said she wasn’t feeling well. She said a man gave her money.

“She said the man asked her where her mother was, she told him that her mum wasn’t around.

“He then took her to a back door. She said he put his fingers into her and later his manhood. He told her not to tell anyone.

“When I found her in bed, she was bleeding. I initially thought it happened at school. I went to school, but they said it wasn’t at school,” Kubura added.

Asked if she knew Mohammed and if they were lovers, Kubura said, “Yes, I know him. I used to prepare herbal medicine for him but I’m not his lover. I didn’t ask him for any money.

“Despite Dupe’s explanation of what transpired between her and a stranger, we didn’t know who raped her until Mohammed came.

“When Mohammed came to collect his herbal medicine, Dupe saw him and became frightened.

“When he came, Dupe saw him and ran away saying ‘that is the man.’

“I reported him to the police. Police brought him to the scene of the crime and he started telling people that I was his lover; that Dupe was his daughter.”

Meanwhile, Mohammed insisted he didn’t do anything to Dupe; he said he only gave her money because he felt like it.

The victim said Mohammed sexually violated her around 1pm after she returned from school.

Narrating how it happened, Dupe said, “He closed the door. He knelt down. I was standing. He put his fingers into me. I screamed. He used his hands to cover my mouth.

“He gave me money. He gave me two N500 notes and told me not to tell my mummy,” the minor told newsmen.

Man sexually abuses 4 teenage girls in Kano

A Magistrate court sitting in Kano state on Tuesday arraigned one Habibu Yuguda for sexually molesting four teenage girls.

The prosecutor, Inspector Shuaibu Musa, told the court that three complainants, Yusuf Musa, Abdullahi Yahaya and Yahuza Sale reported the matter at the Gezawa Police Division in the state.

The prosecutor said, “Yuguda, a resident of Kofar Fada village, near Kano, lured the complainants’ daughters, aged 11 and 12 years and had carnal knowledge of them.

“The accused gave them a ride in his car and took them to his house at Kofar Fada village where he committed the said act after which he gave them N50 each.

“When the victims were taken to the Gezawa General Hospital, medical results confirmed the defilement,” the prosecutor added, noting that the offence contravenes Sections 283 of the Penal Code.

Yuguda pleaded not guilty.

The presiding judge, Hajiya Maryam Sabo, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
Sabo adjourned the case till July 19 for trial.

86-year-old woman raped to coma in Lagos

An 86-year-old woman, Madam Belawu Jimoh, has narrated how she was raped to coma by a suspected serial rapist, popularly known as Badoo in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Badoo, who also allegedly raped and murdered a 27-year-old school teacher, Grace Jubreel, in her home in the presence of her 14-month-old baby in Ibeshe community in Ikorodu, was apprehended by the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the state Police Command, the Punch had reported.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Dolapo Badmos, who was said to have confirmed his arrest at the weekend, said the police had received several reports of rape committed by the suspect.

How 11-yr-old girl became my sex slave – Ogunlade, suspected serial rapist

A large crowd which gathered at the Oyo State Police command, Eleyele Ibadan watched in  disbelief  as a 65-year old man, Akinlolu Ogunlade, claimed that pressures from  an 11- year-old girl made him to keep her as sex slave for four days.

According to him, he had rejected many invitations from the girl before he finally succumbed.

While being paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Leye Oyebade, who described the suspect as a serial rapist, Ogunlade said, “I am 65 yrs old and I work as a plumber. I was arrested at Akobo area. The little girl came over to me and started disturbing me to have sex with her and I told her that she was too small. I told her she could not do something of such but she replied by telling me that she could do it.”

“I thereafter had sex with her two times and kept her in my custody just for four days.”

When asked if he did not have a wife, he said,

“I am married but my wife is dead and I have only one child”.

The police alleged that the suspect specialised in abducting teenage girls and keeping them in his hideout as sex slaves.

Narrating how the old man committed the alleged offence, the CP said: “The victim, “Bisi (surname withheld)”, aged 11, left home on May 27 at about 8pm for a church vigil at Abidi-Odan area, Akobo, Ibadan but did not return home on Saturday and all efforts to locate her whereabouts proved abortive.”

“However on May 30,  at about 16:30, police detectives, based on information, traced the victim to the hideout of the suspect at Abidi- Odan area of Akobo, Ibadan where his victim was rescued.”

Supreme Court affirms 5-yr imprisonment or N300, 000 fine for rape of minor

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the five-year jail term with hard labour passed on Afor Lucky for raping a minor.

The option of N300, 000 fine was also upheld by the apex court.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta held that it was proved beyond reasonable doubt that the convict had forceful carnal knowledge of the minor.

``The convict has successfully killed something in the psyche of the victim, leaving the poor girl devastated and with a permanent scar for life.

``The principle of inviolability of a sentence not appealed against, which I am duty bound to apply herein most regrettable and painfully appears to give credence to the saying that the law is an ass.

``Maybe the asinine attribute is not inherent in the law but in the application of its provision as amply demonstrated in this case.

``The provision has provided for 14 years maximum jail term for rape but the trial judge decided to give Lucky five.

``In conclusion, having resolved the five issues, except one, against the convict, I therefore dismiss the appeal for want of merit.

``The judgment of the Court below which affirmed the judgment of the trial Court is hereby affirmed,’’ Ngwuta held.

The convict was charged with rape, punishable under Section 358 of the Criminal Code Cap C21 Vol.1 Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.

The particulars of offence held that Lucky, on or about April 7, 2007 at Ole in Delta State, had carnal knowledge of the five-year-old girl.