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Tue Jul 13 2021
A family court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded one Oyefeso Saheed, 35, who allegedly gave out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage to one 32-year-old Ismail Lawal.
The matter was reported at the Adewole police station by a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kwara State branch, Aishat Temeem, after receiving a call from the victim’s school principal.
Temeem had called the attention of the police who eventually got the father arrested and arraigned at the state family court, presided over by Magistrate Shade Lawal.
According to the charge sheet, an investigation conducted at the Anti Human Trafficking Women and Children Protection Unit revealed through a medical report that the hymen of the victim was no longer intact and there were bruises around her private part.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Family Court in Ilorin, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Oyefeso Saheed in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage.
Magistrate Shade Lawal also ordered the remand of the victim’s purported husband, Ismail Lawal, 32, before adjourning the case till Wednesday, for further mention.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Akinjide Adisa, said that the matter was reported at Adewole Police Station by Aishat Temem, a member of the state branch of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
He said that the matter was reported after the complainant had received a call from the victim’s school principal.
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Civil servant remanded for alleged defilement of 12-year-old girl
Tunde Oyekola, Ilorin
The Kwara State Family Court on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Ahmed Yusuf in the Correctional Service Centre for allegedly having unlawful intercourse with a 12-year-old daughter of his landlord.
Yusuf, a Kwara State civil servant, was arraigned on two counts of sexual abuse and exploitation of a child contrary to Section 32 of Kwara State Child Rights Law.
The police report said the victim confessed to her parents that it was Yusuf that had sexual intercourse with her after her mother discovered a bloodstain on her bed.