20-year-old Remanded for Raping 5-year-old Girl In Ekiti.

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An Ado-Ekiti Magistrate's court ordered suspected 20-year-old rapist, identified as Oluyi Oba, to be remanded for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl. Mr. Emmanuel David, with respect to the prosecution, told the judge that the accused committed the offence on July 22 at 1 p.m. in Iyin-Ekiti. He further observed the offence contravened Area 218 of the Offender Rule Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.

The plea of the accused was not taken. Simeon Ojo, the Key Magistrate, bought the accused remanded in jail custody approaching the receipt of legal advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution. The event has been adjourned till November 21, 2013, for hearing.

Cripple remanded in prison for raping a 22-year-old girl

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Four persons, including a cripple have been remanded in prison custody by an Oredo Chief Magistrate’s Court, Edo State, for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old girl.

The accused, Saturday Enabulele (28); Moses Okoeki (18); Osasumwen Enina (17) and Junior Odubu (20) allegedly gang-raped a woman (name withheld), beating and tearing her clothes, while filming the whole incident with a camera phone.

 

The offence was allegedly committed on April 13, at No. 9, Akugbe Street, Siluko Road, Benin.

 

Pension Thief Remanded In Kuje Prison For Seven More Days Pending Bail Application

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Embattled Pension thief, Mr. John Yusuf, will remain in prison custody for the next seven days before an Abuja Federal High Court decides whether to grant him bail or not in a fresh four-count charge proferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Yusuf had been remanded in Kuje Prison, Abuja, since he was arraigned for the new charge on January 30.

The court, presided by Justice Adamu Bello, on Tuesday, fixed February 12, 2013, for the hearing of his application for bail.Information Nigeria recalls that Yusuf was re-arrested over the new charge after a Federal Capital Territory High Court handed-down a two year jail term or fine of N750,000 for conniving with others to defraud the Police Pension Office of N27.2bn – a judgment considered a slap on the wrist by majority of Nigerians.

LATEST: Farouk Lawan & Boniface Enemalo Remanded in Prison

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Farouk Lawan, the lawmaker and former Chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy andBoniface Enemalo, former Secretary of the committee have been remanded in prison by an Abuja High Court.

They were arraigned on a seven count charge for allegedly soliciting for and collecting a bribe of $620, 000 from Femi Otedola, Chairman of Zenon Oil.

At the trial which began today, both men pleaded not guilty to the charges. However,Vanguard reports that they were both remanded to Kuje Prison pending the court’s ruling on their bail application.

The court subsequently adjourned till February 8th, 2013 to rule on the bail application moved by their lawyers led by Rickey Tarfa and Mike Ozhekome, both senior advocates of Nigeria.

Couple Remanded Over Killing Neighbours Baby

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A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday remanded in prison custody a couple who allegedly killed their co-tenant’s three-month-old baby girl with a hard object during a fight. The toddler was said to be playing in the passage when the couple picked up a quarrel with her mother resulting in a scuffle. It was learnt that Mr. Oluwaseun Oluwatoba (27) and his wife, Omolara (19), allegedly hit the baby, Roseline Adebisi, on the head with “a hard blunt object” around 7:25pm at Ajebandele Street, Akure last week Wednesday. When the case came up for hearing on Wednesday, Police prosecutor argued that the alleged offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 324 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Laws of Ondo State 2006.