Nor made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lafia on Saturday.
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The minor, whose house address was not given, is being tried on a one-count charge of sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Jummai Mshelia, NHRC’s Coordinator in the state, made the disclosure at a rally to drum support for campaign against rape and other forms of sexual abuse on Tuesday in Maiduguri.
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Bello, a student of Department of Science Laboratory Technology, Federal College of Animal Health and Production, Ibadan, was raped and stabbed to death by hoodlums in her father’s residence at Kara Akinyele area on Monday in Ibadan.
Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that there was no direct evidence linking the defendant to the alleged crime to warrant a conviction.
The Zone D of the National Association of Nigerian Students (South West) confirmed the incident as it put out a notice calling for justice in the case.
The musician, who decried the increase in defilement in the country, took to his Instagram page: @official2baba, to express how sad he felt about the situation.
The allegation was levelled against Adolphus, also known as Yangy and said to be a student of Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, by the ladies on Twitter.
The order was conveyed in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Deputy Commissioner of Police Frank Mba, on Tuesday.
The Spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Dutse.
The Magistrate, Dr. Olusegun Ayilara, ordered that the defendant to be remanded in custody due to the magnitude of the alleged offence and adjourned the case to June 17 for mentioned.
A 31-year-old man, Joe Sunday, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl.
A Magistrates Court in Oredo, Benin, Edo State on Friday ordered that a 56-year-old man, Yaro Garuba, be remanded in Oko Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl
The Lagos State University has suspended Ofodile Cluisom, a 200-level student of Industrial Public Relations and Personnel Management Department, for two semesters for alleged possession of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp.
A judge in Pennsylvania has jailed comedian Bill Cosby for three to 10 years for sexual assault.
US President, Donald Trump, has given his full backing to his nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, saying the allegations of sexual assault against the judge are “totally political”.
A group of Indian Catholic nuns staged are staging a rare street protest in the southern state of Kerala demanding justice after an alleged sexual assault of a nun by a bishop.
A 25-year-old man, who claimed to be an Islamic cleric, had been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 29-year-old student of Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos.
This marks the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that has brought down rich and powerful men for their treatment of women.