In a landmark decision echoing the call to say no to rape, Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court handed down a life sentence to a security guard, Olawale Olarewaju, for the despicable act of defiling a 12-year-old girl.In delivering the judgment, Justice Oshodi emphasized that the prosecution successfully presented evidence supporting the charges of defilement against the defendant, using charge number LD/2359C/2016.The survi...

In a harrowing case, a 65-year-old landlord, Igwe Ambrose, has been handed a double life imprisonment sentence by the Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court in Lagos. The elderly man was found guilty of committing disturbing acts, specifically inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant's children, aged 7 and 11.Ambrose faced a four-count charge that included allegations of sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child. The c...

Yesterday in Lagos, a lesson teacher was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping one of his students.The judgement was delivered by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court.He sentenced the lesson teacher, names Joseph Ibanga, to life imprisonment for defilement and impregnating a 14-year-old girl.The offence is said to be punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, which stipulates life imprisonme...