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32-year old man rapes 10-year old pupil in Lagos

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8 years ago

August 4, 2016

A 32-year-old man, Chimezie Nwosu, has been arraigned in an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 10-year-old pupil.

Nwosu was arraigned on Wednesday on one count of rape before a magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Adegbite.

It was learnt that the victim, Deborah (pseudonym) and Nwosu lived in the same compound on Marwa Road, Satellite Town, Lagos State.

The girl was reportedly returning from school around 2pm on June 8 when Nwosu called her to his room on the pretext of sending her on an errand. But he shut the door instead.

He was said to have forcefully removed her clothes and raped her while she cried for help.

It was learnt that neighbours, who heard the cry, alerted Deborah’s elder brother.

Our correspondent learnt they all rushed to Nwosu’s apartment to rescue the girl while the case was reported at the Satellite Police Division.

In her statement to the police, Deborah reportedly said, “I just stepped into the compound on the way from school that day when Mr. Chimezie (Nwosu) called me. He said he wanted me to help him to buy something and I entered his room.

“He shut the door and removed my clothes and slept on me. He told me to stop shouting and put his thing (manhood) in my bumbum.”

However, Nwosu, who hails from Umuovum village in the Oweri-North Local Government Area, Imo State, denied raping the girl, saying the allegation was an attempt to blackmail him.

A police prosecutor, Francisca Job, who brought the defendant before the court, said the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The charge read, “That you, Chimezie Nwosu, on June 8, 2016, at about 2pm on Marwa Road, Satellite Town, Lagos, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did unlawfully have sexual intercourse with a 10-year-old girl without her consent, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”

The defendant pleaded not guilty and elected summary trial.

The magistrate, Adegbite, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

While adjourning the case till August 11, 2016, Adegbite added that the sureties must be residents of Lagos State and must tender evidence of tax payments to the prosecutor for verification.

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Breaking: Plane crash kills ten people

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1 year ago

August 17, 2023

Sahara Weekly

Breaking: Plane crash kills Eight people

Breaking: Plane crash kills Ten people

A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday.

A Beechcraft Model 390 (Premier 1) aircraft, a light private business jet, was carrying six passengers and two crew when it crashed near Elmina township at 2.08 p.m. (0608 GMT), just before it was due to land, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan told reporters.

The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. “There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land,” Hussein Omar said. A search and rescue mission is underway. The country’s civil aviation authority (CAAM) said the flight had departed from the holiday island of Langkawi and was en route to Selangor’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport near the capital city Kuala Lumpur.

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Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

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2 years ago

September 25, 2022

Sahara Weekly

Seven Passengers Burnt To Death Near Third Mainland Bridge In Car Accident

Seven passengers have been confirmed killed after a commercial bus caught fire in Lagos on Sunday

At least five others were said to have sustained injuries in the tragic incident that occurred at Iyana Oworo, close to the Third Mainland Bridge.

The deceased comprises four females, two male adults and one male child.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said there were 14 passengers in the ill-fated bus with registration number KJA 699 GY.

Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the driver had some burns.

He added that three female adults involved in the incident were rushed to Gbagada General Hospital and that a male adult was attended to by the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) at the scene.

“LASTMA officials at the scene have made arrangements to remove the burnt vehicle from the road,” Oke-Osanyintolu said.

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Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

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3 years ago

June 12, 2022

Sahara Weekly

Nigerian Deputy Governor Loses Seven-Year-Old Son In Car Accident

By Olorunfemi Adejuyigbe

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, lost a son in an auto crash which occurred yesterday

A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu said the seven-year-old boy who was a namesake to Governor Mai Mala Buni died in a crash along Maiduguri-Kano road.

He said the boy had been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune local government area.
Reacting, the deputy governor said; “I will forever remember him as somebody close to me.’’

Top government officials and other personalities were at the residence of the deputy governor to sympathise with the family over the death.