Man Arraigned for Allegedly Raping Teenager, Shaving Her Pubic Hair
Funke Olaode
A person, Lukman Alade, has been arraigned earlier than the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Home Violence Courtroom for raping an 18-year-old woman.
Alade is standing trial on a two-count cost of rape and sexual assault by penetration.
DSP Morayo Ogunsokan, the investigative police officer, instructed the court docket how Alade allegedly made incisions on the woman’s non-public components.
Ogunsokan instructed Justice Rahman Oshodi whereas being led in proof by the state counsel, Ms Bukola Okeowo, that she acquired a report of alleged rape on September 12, 2022 at about 4:30 p.m. from {the teenager}.
Based on the cop, the alleged sufferer mentioned the defendant allegedly raped her on September 11, 2022, about 4:40 p.m. after she rejected his advances.
“The survivor instructed me that she was on her technique to gather her telephone when she was accosted by the defendant, and he made sexual advances in the direction of her, however she rebuffed him. She mentioned she later discovered herself within the room of the defendant together with her pants eliminated, her pubic hair shaved, and the defendant had put incisions on her vagina and legs,” the officer instructed the court docket.
{The teenager} added that the defendant put a hoop on his finger, inserted it into her vagina and raped her, in keeping with the IPO’s testimony.
“She mentioned it was when her telephone rang that she grew to become acutely aware of what was occurring, and she or he requested the defendant what she was doing in his home,” mentioned Ogunsokan.
In her testimony, the policewoman instructed the court docket that Alade gave {the teenager} the shaved pubic hair upon her request. Afterwards, the woman instructed her dad and mom concerning the incident.
Subsequently, Alade was arrested by the police after being prompted by a vigilance group within the space.
The IPO instructed the court docket that the defendant confessed to eradicating the woman’s pants, shaving her pubic hair and placing incisions on her vagina and legs.
“Based mostly on what was reported and what the defendant mentioned, he accepted shaving the pubic hair, giving her incisions, and the woman mentioned he slept together with her. I’m not a medical practitioner, that was why I despatched her to Mirabel Medical Centre for examination,” mentioned the policewoman. “After the outcome at Mirabel, the defendant was charged to court docket primarily based on the allegation towards him.”
The state counsel requested the court docket for an adjournment in order that the witness might conclude her examination in chief, submitting that the unique case file was not with the prosecution.
There was no objection from the defence counsel, Mr Lekan Egberongbe.
CMB Administration of Pearl Gardens Property not in Dispute, Courtroom Guidelines
A Lagos Excessive Courtroom has dominated that the administration and administration of Pearl Gardens Property, Sangotedo, Lagos Property, by CMB Constructing Upkeep and Investments Restricted will not be in dispute.
In a ruling on the case of CMB Constructing Upkeep & Investments Firm vs Felix Obiakor and Residents Affiliation of Pearl Gardens, wherein CMB utilized by means of originating summons for a consequential order to take over as the only real administration of Pearl Gardens, Justice Olubukola Aigbokhaevbo mentioned the problem was the way of administration.
The court docket additionally dismissed the residents’ affiliation’s counter-claims. It held that the affiliation’s counter-affidavit was not correctly filed and that there was no software to regularise it.
It additionally dismissed Oyetubo Jokotade Property Assets Restricted’s counter-argument that the matter couldn’t be resolved by originating summons.
The decide agreed with CMB’s counsel’s argument that an originating summons might resolve the matter as a result of the claimant was looking for a consequential order primarily based on the judgment delivered by the court docket presided over by Justice Olokooba on December 1, 2021.
CMB Constructing Upkeep and Funding Firm Restricted had, by means of an originating summons, approached the court docket to present a consequential order to the judgment in favour of CMB on December 1, 2021, by Justice Olokoba within the go well with instituted by the Residents Affiliation in 2015 (LD/064GCMW/2015).
The affiliation and Oyetubo Jokotade Estates Useful resource Restricted filed a counter-affidavit to the originating summons via their respective legal professionals.
On the listening to of the originating summons, CMB’s counsel objected to the counter-affidavit on the grounds that it was not correctly filed and that there was no software to regularise it.
The court docket agreed with the CMB’s counsel and struck out the counter-affidavit.
The Oyetubo Jokotade Property raised the problem that the originating summons couldn’t resolve the go well with.
Nonetheless, the claimant’s counsel argued that the go well with was one for the court docket to make a consequential order primarily based on Justice Olokoba’s judgment; as such, the court docket is to limit itself to the judgment earlier than it.
The court docket agreed with the claimant’s counsel that the matter needs to be resolved by originating summons owing to the claimant’s looking for the moment court docket to make a consequential order primarily based on the judgement that was delivered in favour of CMB in 2021 towards the affiliation.
On the primary difficulty earlier than the court docket, which is for the court docket to make a consequential order, the court docket held that the consequential order has to move from the aid sought in a matter or incidental to the aid sought.
The court docket additional held that the aid being prayed for by CMB, which is the suitable to the only real administration of Pearl Gardens Property, was not a problem earlier than Justice Olokoba within the go well with filed by the affiliation.
Based on the court docket, the problem earlier than Justice Olokoba was for fee of reticulation charges unilaterally imposed by CMB.
Justice Olubukola Aigbokhaevbo held that the problem of administration and administration of the property was not raised earlier than Justice Olokoba and that neither the claimant nor the defendant within the go well with earlier than Justice Olokoba made reference to the problem of administration all through the case.
The decide held that there was no dispute as to the administration and administration of the property. As an alternative, the problem earlier than Olokoba was how CMB managed the property, which resulted in litigation.
The court docket held that it couldn’t make an order granting a aid that was not sought, as CMB by no means filed a counter-claim within the go well with earlier than Justice Olokoba filed by the residents’ affiliation.
On-line Courting Rip-off: Courtroom Sentenced Undergraduate to 18 Months’ Imprisonment
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Particular Offences Courtroom yesterday sentenced Emmanuel Victor, a 100-level pc science part-time scholar, to 18 months’ imprisonment for a web based courting rip-off.
The convict was, nevertheless, given an choice of N4 million effective.
Victor, aged 23, had benefitted $7,000 from a web based courting rip-off earlier than his arrest.
The convict pleaded responsible to an amended one-count cost by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).
EFCC prosecuting counsel Abubakar Dambua, who reviewed the details of the case, instructed the court docket that on September 15, 2023, an intelligence report concerning the fraudulent actions of the convict and others was acquired.
He mentioned a raid was carried out, and the convict was arrested. Dambua listed an iPhone 13, a Samsung telephone, an ATM card, a supervisor’s cheque, and fraudulent paperwork amongst gadgets recovered from the convict.
Dambua thereafter sought to tender all gadgets recovered from the convict as proof earlier than the court docket.
The defence counsel, E.A. Ukpai, didn’t object to the admissibility of things recovered from the convict.
When the trial decide requested Victor how he dedicated the fraud, Victor instructed the court docket that he created a false Fb account within the title of ‘Agent Fred Smith’.
“I then requested the unsuspecting victims to use for Social Financial Grant Programme and I requested them to pay processing and supply,” mentioned the convict.
Victor instructed the court docket he used the $7,000 to help his household, “We used to remain in a plank home, and l used the cash to offer higher lodging and pay for my faculty charges.”
In her allocutus, Ukpai mentioned the defendant had realised his mistake, develop into remorseful, and that he was a first-time offender. She pleaded with the court docket to mood justice with mercy and grant him a non-custodial sentence, saying that his mom was not effectively.
Delivering judgment within the matter, Justice Oshodi mentioned he didn’t consider that the convict dedicated the offence out of necessity.
The convict forfeited all gadgets recovered from him to the federal authorities.
FHA Denies Breaching Courtroom Order Limiting Demolition of 600 Homes at Festac
The Ikeja Division of the Lagos Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday mounted Could 2 for the listening to of committal to jail towards the Federal Housing Authority.
The FHA counsel, Chris Ekemezie, had prayed to the court docket on the resumption of the trial for the court docket to strike out types 48 and 49 filed towards his shopper to present room for listening to of the primary software.
Nonetheless, Justice Akintunde Savage, the presiding decide, disagreed with the prayer.
In his ruling, the decide mentioned there was important proof earlier than the court docket, noting that the proof was not manufactured by the complainant.
Savage ordered the complainant’s counsel to file his temporary.
On the final adjourned date, the FHA denied breaching a court docket order proscribing it from demolishing 600 homes at sixth Avenue, Festac City, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.
The claimants’ counsel, Adetayo Bello, instructed the court docket that he had obtained an injunction towards the defendants (FHA and LSBCA). The movement with go well with quantity ID/7396GCM/2023, dated September 7, 2023, was introduced earlier than Justice O. J. Awope of the Ikeja Division of the Lagos Excessive Courtroom (sitting as a trip decide on the time) on September 11, 2023.
Accordingly, the decide gave the order after a 40-page affidavit dated Sept. 7, deposed by the fourth defendant, Alhaji R.A. Balogun and Thaddeus Idenyi, for the claimants.
Awope had ordered a pre-emptive injunction restraining the primary defendant, whether or not appearing by itself or via its brokers, from demolishing and eradicating any constructing or property erected in sixth Avenue Festac City or another a part of Festac City.