A court located in Awka, Anambra State, handed a 12-year jail term on Wednesday to a 34-year-old teacher, Pascal Ofomata, for raping an 11-year-old JSS 1 pupil. The teacher, Ofomata, who was employed at St Christopher’s Junior Seminary 3-3 Onitsha, was tried on three counts: rape, inflicting
On Thursday, an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court found a part-time lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Kolawole Muyiwa, guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the rape of a student. Justice Rahman Oshodi, while delivering the sentence, ruled that the prosecution had successfully proven all the elements of defilement against
A Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa sentenced Daniel Amaso to life in prison for raping a 17-year-old pre-degree student at the state-owned Niger Delta University in Amassoma. The defendant was charged with forcibly entering a 17-year-old apartment in the Amassoma community, Southern Ijaw LGA, with a knife. He was accused of raping her under […]
A female student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) named Adekolore Idowu Glory was reportedly raped to death. Glory, a 22-year-old recent university graduate, was allegedly battered and raped to death on June 13 in Iyowa Community, Benin City. In an X post, Glory’s brother said that she was attacked by unknown men on her […]