Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare told newsmen on Thursday in Awka.
She said the arrest followed a report by the girl’s guardian.
Obinabo was represented by her Special Assistant, Blessing Nweke.
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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Lagos on Monday sentenced a man, Joseph Ekanem, to double life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter.
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos State has sentenced a 41-year-old vulcaniser, Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece.
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday remanded a 52-year-old, Kizito Chukwu, at the Awajighor Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl leading to her unwanted pregnancy.
The Lagos Government has called for more mandated reporting in the case of alleged defilement of a 12-year-old girl in the Ikorodu area of the state by one Ife Adekoya.
Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubts – the charge of defilement against Ajibade, a resident of Abule-Egba in Lagos.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, made this known in a statement on Monday.
The police charged Iloh with one count of rape.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Siakpere after finding him guilty of a charge of defilement contrary to Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
This is contained in a statement issued by SP Thomas Goni, Spokesman of the Zone 12 Police Command, Bauchi.
The Magistrate, O. A. Akande, who did not take the plea of the defendant due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he should be kept at the Abolongo correctional facility, Oyo Town in Oyo State.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the Adigbe divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim.
The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Agbado divisional headquarters by the mother of the victim.
Magistrate O.A Layinka, who did not take Sanni’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded in Kirikri Correctional Centre.
Forty-nine-year-old Ubong Williams Akpan was arrested on Friday by men of the state Police Command for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of his 12-year-old daughter.
The court did not take Ohiwi’s plea, as the Magistrate, Ejiro Kubeinje, said she needed the advice of the state’s director of public prosecutions.
Ajewole, 43, pleaded guilty to the first count out of the five counts levelled against him by the police.
The Police Public Relations Office, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday.
The boy is on the verge of turning seven