The need for protecting children from physical, emotional and psychological abuse and the right of the society to nuture them were talking points by Lagos State government recently This conversation was held to prevent and curb the alarming rate of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV, against children in the State. Speaking at a webinar organised by the State Directorate of Citizens’ Rights, Ministry of Justice themed “Protecting the Rights of Children, Putting an End to Defilement and other types of Abuse,” was the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN. Onigbanjo through the Solicitor General and Permanent…
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Few days after reported death of one Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos on the social media, the case is yet to be formally reported to the Police, CASEFILE learnt. However, the Police says it has already commenced investigation into the case, according to the Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu on Saturday. The family of the deceased however marked what was supposed to be his 13th birthday in a solemn ceremony on December 4. Swinging into action, Ajisebutu explained that the CP Hakeem Odumosu, upon hearing about the incident instantly directed the…
The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki, over the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a 12-year-old JSS 2 student of the school. The boy was reported to have been beaten to death in the school for refusing to join a cult. The closure is pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of the student. In statement signed by Ganiu Lawal the Assistant Director, Public Affairs Ministry of Education, the school was shut following a meeting by Commissioner for Education Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo with the school management and staff. Meanwhile, the Commissioner has…
The establishment of special desk for Persons With Disabilities, PWD, is to begin across Nigeria following the approval granted by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba. Announcing this on December 3, a day for the commemoration of the 2021 International Day for persons with disability, the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, would have the service desks in all the Police Zonal and State Commands across the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. According to IGP Baba, the decision by the Force leadership to set-up the Disability Desk is informed by the need to…
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, has called for collective support against unlawful trade of wildlife, hunting and possession of wildlife parts in other to sustain the ecological balance and prevent extinction of some special animals and plants.. This came on the heels of the recovery of a sea turtle from an illegal, poacher who was arrested by the officials of the Kick against Indiscipline, KAI, Eti-Osa zone. The General Manager of the Agency, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe expressed concern that ignorance of the general public to the benefits of wildlife is contributing highly to the rate of unchecked illicit…
One Bashir Olashekere has been sentenced to life imprisonment without an option of fine and his name is to be registered in the Sex Offenders Register as maintained by the Lagos State Government. This is the judgement passed on Bashir Olashekere by Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday. The 54-year-old businessman, Bashir Olashekere described as a “randy neighbour” while being sentenced to life imprisonment for defilement by the trial judge. He was found guilty of a charge of defiling his neighbour’s 10-year-old daughter contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Sexual Offences Court in Lagos has fixed December 15, 2021 for ruling on whether or not Olanrewaju James Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha volunteered his statement in the case of allegations of sexual assault of a-14-year old child, (names withheld). At the continuation of trial on Thursday, the defence counsel, Dada Awosika, SAN had informed the court to decline the exhibit of confessional statement before it. Responding to written address filed by the prosecution on the point of law, specifically citing the Evidence Act Section 136 (1), Awosika said, “The defendant has proved evidence of oppression.”…
For sexual abuse of a-12-year-old customer by an artisan Gbenga Olasunkanmi, Justice Abiola Soladoye on Tuesday has sent the middle age man to life imprisonment. The presiding judge handed the judgement to the convict at an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court after finding him guilty of a charge of defilement of a minor proffered against him by the Lagos State Government. She said, “Pouncing on an innocent young girl should be something that should be condemned in all ramifications as she has now suffered emotionally and psychologically. “This callous defendant is mean and vicious and is not fit…
More than a year after the deposed Emir of Sokoto Sanusi Lamido Sanusi instituted a law suit challenging his banishment and detention to Awe, a remote community in Nasarawa State, Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declared as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional, the banishment of Sanusi as inconsistent with the constitutionally guaranteed freedom. Recall that Sanusi has instructed that his lawyer challenge his banishment and detention. Now, the court rules that the restrictions placed on Sanusi after his deposition on March 9, 2020, on allegations of insubordination are a clear arbitrary violation of his right…
GOVERNOR BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU’S SPEECH TO THE PEOPLE OF LAGOS STATE ON THE LEKKI TOLLGATE INCIDENT – DELIVERED ON TUESDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 2021. My dear good people of Lagos State, It is with great sense of responsibility that I address you today on the reactions that have trailed the release of the #EndSARS Judicial Panel of Inquiry Report submitted to me two weeks ago, and how it has played out in public discourse since then. I believe — and have always been vocal about this — that we owe it to you, the people of Lagos, to constantly speak and engage…