The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 44 years old, Paul Edu, for allegedly raping a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo Akwa Ibom State He said that the suspect, a son …

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has jailed a 41-year-old man, Baridapsi Needam, to 17 years in jail for raping and impregnating his daughter. It was gathered that the victim gave birth to a baby girl while the trial was pending. Needam in the suit numbered YHC/14C/2022, was charged with rape contrary to Section 1(1) of the Violence …

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced Dennis Okubiat to 20 years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old church member, which led to urinary incontinence. Justice Ismail Ijelu found the convict guilty after reviewing the victim’s evidence which colluded with that of the medical report. The judge also held that the prosecuting counsel Babatunde Sunmonu, …