The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced Olumuyiwa Adjoto to life imprisonment for sexually abusing his wife’s six-year-old niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi, who delivered the judgment, held that the prosecution successfully established two of the three charges brought against the defendant beyond reasonable doubt. Adjoto had been arraigned by the Lagos…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, to life imprisonment for defiling two underage girls, who are both seven years old. The judge held that the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with the ingredients of defilement to the court’s…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has identified an increasing trend of men becoming victims of sexual and gender-based violence in recent times. The agency’s Director General, Fatima Waziri-Aza, disclosed this at a workshop organised with support from FORD Foundation in Abuja. She stated that the cases border on physical violence,…