A child defilement case involving a 26-year-old man, Jonathan Okoronkwo has taken a serious turn as a magistrate ordered his remand at Afara Correctional Centre in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. Also read: Robbers gang-rape housewife, steal valuables in Kano Okoronkwo is accused of defiling a three-year-old girl, an allegation that has stirred outrage in the local community of Ugwuafor Arochukwu, …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court have sentenced a class teacher, Peter Jacob to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old pupil with special needs. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had efficiently proved the charge of defilement against the defendant. According to her, the evidence of the respective prosecution witnesses were cogent, compelling and believable. The judge …