Brothers jailed 22 years for raping four minors

Two siblings have been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for raping four minors in Minna, the Niger State capital.

In sentencing Hassan Bilyaminu and Abdullahi Biliyaminu, who are also clerics at an Islamic school, Chief Magistrate Hauwa Baba Yusuf wondered “what people like the convicts derived from assaulting and defiling little girls”.

The four victims were pupils of the convicts at an Islamic school.

The oldest of the victims is 11, while the youngest is six, the court was told.

The suspect pleaded guilty, asking the Magistrate to tamper justice with mercy.

Justice Abiola Soladoye of an  Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday sentenced a surveyor, John Otema, to 53-years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of University of Lagos.

Justice  Soladoye found the convict guilty of a two-count charge of rape and assault, but absolved him of guilt in the rape charge of another student.

The charges were brought against the convict by the Lagos State government.

The court sentenced Otema to 50 years in prison for rape and three years for assault on one of his victims. Both sentence run concurrently.

Otema was said to have physically assaulted one of the victims by hitting her several times on the face as well as choking and biting her back.

“Women and girls like every other member of the society should be respected and not be turned into prey by sex maniacs,” Justice  Soladoye said.

Fake lawyer appearing for a client have been convicted and sentence to three years imprisonment

A fake lawyer, Adedeji Ebenezer 

Oluwagbenga who was arrested on the 5th of August 2020 at Itori Chief Magistrate Court where he was appearing for a client have been convicted and sentence to three years imprisonment on 12thAugust 2020.

Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi,  the State Police Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday. 

The convict was arraigned before Chief magistrate B.A Somorin on one count charge of unlawful and illegal appearance as a lawyer knowing full well that he is not.

 He first pleaded not guilty but later changed his plea to guilty when he was confronted with evidence.

The Chief magistrate there and then sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor without option of fine.

The convict was arrested during a court season at Itori Chief Magistrate court when his conduct does not in any way in tandem with the practice of somebody who has been called to the bar which was also noticed by the magistrate himself.

He was subsequently detained at Ewekoro police station from where he was transferred to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for diligent prosecution.