The Lagos State Government has approached the Supreme Court to challenge the acquittal of defilement charges, against Dr. Olufemi Olaleye. Dr. Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, was accused of defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece. He was initially sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in October 2023. However, the …

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Superintendent Bright Edafe, has warned that engaging in sexual intercourse with either a boy or girl under 13 years old is considered defilement and is punishable by law with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. Edafe made this known in a post on X.com on Sunday. He emphasized that consent is not …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old actor identified as Praise for an alleged abduction and defilement of a 14-year-old girl. In a statement on Thursday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Omolola Odutola said: “The Divisional Police Officer of Mowe Division has arrested one actor, Praise, a 30 year old ‘m’ for alleged defilement of a 14-year-old ‘f”’ …

A police officer simply identified as Emmanuel has been arrested and detained after he allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl in his office at the Bori Area Command in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Attached to the Bori Area Command, Emmanuel was said to have been detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the State Police …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 16 years old boy for allegedly defiling a two-year-old minor in Edo State on June seven. Parading the suspect, the state Police State Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community, Uhunwonde Local Government. He said the police received a report that the suspect defile a …

A man, Adeyemi Babatunde, has been arrested in Ogun State for reportedly defiling his five-year-old daughter. The police said on Thursday that he had unlawful carnal knowledge of the child at Ijebu Mushin. In a statement by the state police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was reported at the police station by the mother of the victim. The …

A Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences court in Ikeja has sentenced a Lagos resident to life imprisonment for defiling his three daughters. The daughters were said to be aged 10, 20, and 24, respectively. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the judge, Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution proved the case of defilement and rape brought against the defendant, …