Crime
15-Year-Old Allegedly Raped By StepFather, Brother, Womb Infected
In a distressing incident, a 65-year-old man identified as Waheed Kareem has been arrested and is now detained at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.
The incident occurred in Olude, Apata, a locality situated within the Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State.
According to sources, Waheed Kareem, a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State, carried out the assault together with his 60-year-old younger brother, Rasheed Kareem.
However, Rasheed Kareem is currently evading authorities and remains at large.
The victim, whose name is being withheld, is a Junior Secondary School one student at a government-owned secondary school stated that she had suffered from repeated abuse by her biological father since she was two years old.
The victim, recounting her harrowing experiences, revealed that the sexual abuse began after her mother, Abiodun Kareem, moved out of their marital home, leaving her in the custody of her father.
Distressingly, she alleged that the abuse persisted until she reached the age of eight.
While her biological father was eventually arrested and passed away in prison, the victim claimed that the sexual assaults continued at the hands of her stepfather and his brother since 2021.
She went on to say that Waheed, her stepfather, engaged in sexual acts with her on a weekly basis, while his younger brother, Rasheed, who is commonly known as Onaala, sexually assaulted her daily.
The victim bravely disclosed that she refrained from informing her mother about the abuse due to her stepfather’s menacing threats, which included the possibility of harming both her and her mother.
A neighbor stated that she noticed that the victim experienced an abnormally long menstruation period of 16 days each month, compared to the typical duration of three to five days. This observation prompted the victim’s mother to seek medical assistance and take her daughter to a private hospital.
Distressingly, the medical examination revealed that her reproductive system had become infected.
Validating the allegations, Abiodun, the 35-year-old mother of the victim, acknowledged confronting her husband about the abuse.
However, due to her lack of financial resources to provide for her three children aged six, four, and two, she felt compelled to remain silent about the issue.
It was reported that efforts to reach the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, for official confirmation were unsuccessful.
In the meantime, Oluwagbemileke Ojerinde, the Director of Child Welfare at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, expressed a commitment to the rehabilitation of the victim.
Additionally, Ojerinde assured that the state government would provide support to the victim’s mother in caring for her three children.
The weekly public enlightenment campaign of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) would be focusing on women, this Friday.
Biztellers reports that the President, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Prof. Rosemary Ogu would be leading the discussions.
According to a statement on the verified X handle of the NDLEA, the conversations would be on the subject, “Substance Abuse in Pregnancy: Signs, Symptoms, Effects and Remedies”.
It was gathered that the Agency had resorted to public enlargement as a way of discouraging abuse of substances among the people.
It wrote, “The President, Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria, Prof. Rosemary Ogu will lead the 102nd edition of our weekly X Space conversation this Friday at 3pm.
“Let’s prepare for this engaging and informative experience.”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appears to be leaving no stone unturned in the bid to forestall brewing mass protests against its operations.
This was gleaned in statement on its verified handle on X, signed by its Head, Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale on Thursday.
According to Oyewale, the EFCC wishes to alert the general public on the plan by a shadowy group to instigate a “protest” against the Commission.
He added, “In the last couple of days, the group has been actively campaigning in the social media, recruiting impressionable young Nigerians, including students to take up “arms” against the EFCC.
“This insidious campaign is being promoted as resistance to the operational activities of the Commission especially in respect of the enforcement of the laws dealing with cybercrimes.
“The Commission, while not averse to protests by citizens, is alarmed by emerging evidence that suggest a grand design by corrupt elements under investigation or prosecution by the Commission to exploit the so-called protest to orchestrate a national uprising that may threaten the peace and security of our dear nation.
“As a responsible law enforcement organisation, the Commission will not tolerate any breakdown of law and order anywhere in the country especially around its office locations across Nigeria.
“EFCC, working in concert with sister security agencies, is therefore taking necessary measures to deal with possible threats to the peace and security of Nigeria.
“The Commission, however, appeals to parents, guardians and heads of tertiary institutions to take responsibility in ensuring that their wards are not recruited to be used as cannon fodder in a proxy war against the Commission by vested corrupt interests.
“The war being waged by the Commission against corruption and cybercrime is to protect the future of the youth of this country. That future is imperiled if Nigeria degenerates further in global reckoning as a den of fraudsters.”
A secondary school student in Adamawa State has been remanded in custody for allegedly raping a mentally ill woman on three occasions.
Idris Alex Emeka, a 20-year-old student of Capital Government Day Secondary School, appeared before Chief Magistrate Court 2 in Yola and pleaded guilty to the charge of rape.
The presiding judge, Magistrate Musa Alhaji Adamu, ordered Emeka’s remand following his admission of guilt.
According to the prosecution, Emeka was caught in the act with the woman on June 26, 2024.
The First Information Report presented in court detailed that the defendant had engaged in sexual intercourse with the woman on three separate occasions.
Inspector Galeon Nimrod, the prosecuting officer, recounted that Habu Jibrilla reported the incident to Karewa Police Station.
Jibrilla, a resident of the State Low-Cost Housing Estate in Jimeta, apprehended Emeka at approximately 6:40 a.m. while he was having sex with the woman on the street and promptly handed him over to the police.
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