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Father impregnated underaged step-daughter thrice, police tells Lagos court
Father impregnated underaged step-daughter thrice, police tells Lagos court
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday heard how a father Adewunmi Ajayi allegedly had unlawful sexual intercourse with his underaged step-daughter.
The unlawful sexual assault resulted in multiple pregnancies and abortions.
An Investigating Police Officer(IPO), Aderinto Foluke, made this known yesterday while giving evidence before Justice Abiola Soladoye.
The IPO with AP No. 287997 attached to Human Rights Unit of the Nigeria Police testified in the ongoing trial of a couple, Mr. Adewunmi, who is married to the survivor’s mother, Idowu Ajayi.
The woman inspector told the judge the outcome of police investigation into the alleged sexual assault.
According to her, “We concluded that Mr. Adewunmi has been sleeping with the survivors since 2019.
The prosecution witness led by State Prosecution Counsel, Abibat Ogunwemimo, told the court that the incident was reported to the Adeniji Adele Police Station, Lagos Island by a teacher who came with a-15-year old survivor with a referral letter from Alausa.
She further stated that the survivor’s step-father had been having carnal knowledge with the minor and in the process the survivor had two pregnancies, which her mother aborted.
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She claimed the survivor also told them she was pregnant for her step-father the third time.
She said the survivor said she was afraid, so she confided in her teacher because of her mother who she claimed will abort for her again.
The IPO said trouble started for the couple in 2021 when they were arrested by the police.
Following the arrest of the first defendant, Ajayi, his wife, Mrs Idowu Ajayi, the second defendant, went to the police where they wrote statements.
The prosecution witness also said, “The survivor also said she did not notice that her step father used to put drugs in her tea until the day her sister saw left-over particles in the cup.
The IPO said the survivor complained to her grandmother, who in turn, talked to her mother.
She said the mother denied it when she was told but took her daughter to hospital when she complained of stomach pain.
“The girl said she wanted to further her education, that is why she reported to her teacher.
“We gave her a referral paper and when the result came she was pregnant.
“We found out that the mother had taken her for abortions two times.
Under cross examination by the Defence Counsel Emmanuel Uwadoka, the IPO said she investigated the matter.
She however said she didn’t visit the crime scene nor the hospital.
She maintained that the survivor told the police that something was put in her tea.
She also claimed she spoke with the survivor’s grandmother over the phone during her investigation.
Two statements, a medical referral letter and a medical result were admitted as exhibits by the court.
Justice Soladoye adjourned the matter till May 28 for continuation of trial.
Father impregnated underaged step-daughter thrice, police tells Lagos court
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Nigeria’s inflation rate drops again to 23.7%, says NBS report
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops again to 23.7%, says NBS report
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has reported a decline in Nigeria’s inflation rate, which eased to 23.7 percent in April 2025, down from 24.23 percent recorded in March.
This was disclosed in the April Consumer Price Index (CPI) and inflation data released on Thursday.
According to the report, inflation dropped by 1.86 percent on a month-on-month basis.
The food inflation rate also showed a slowdown, standing at 21.26 percent year-on-year in April.
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“In April 2025, the headline inflation rate eased to 23.71 percent relative to the March 2025 headline inflation rate of 24.23 percent.
The MoM headline inflation rate in April 2025 was 1.86 percent. The food inflation rate was 21.26 percent (YoY),” NBS wrote on its X account on Thursday.
The CPI report comes just days before the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee meeting scheduled for May 19 and 20, 2025.
Recall that the inflation rate had surged to 24.23 percent in March following the CPI rebase introduced in January. The CBN had paused interest rate hikes in February after inflation appeared to ease.
Nigeria’s inflation rate drops again to 23.7%, says NBS report
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UTME: Father of candidate who committed suicide over low score speaks
UTME: Father of candidate who committed suicide over low score speaks
A 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate committed suicide on account of her low score.
The Lagos candidate, now identified as Faith Opesusi, was said to have scored 146 out of 400 points.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the results for its 2025 UTME on May 9.
An analysis revealed that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum obtainable points.
The metrics, believed to have signalled mass failure, spurred protests from candidates who challenged the integrity of the exam.
Oluwafemi Opesusi, Faith’s father, said his distraught daughter took a liquid substance that led to her death after checking her result.
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In an interview with BBC, Oluwafemi said his 19-year-old daughter wanted to study Microbiology but the dream was cut short.
He said JAMB did not release the original result of his late daughter.
Oluwafemi said his daughter was devastated and disappointed after seeing her result.
“She had a high score in 2024 UTME. This year, she was given 146. The pain of it drove her to commit suicide,” he said.
The father said he would have tried to console his daughter if she had opened up about her trauma.
He added that the family was disappointed that her daughter had taken her own life.
On May 14, JAMB admitted that a technical error in Lagos and south-east states compromised UTME results across 157 centres.
A teary-eyed Ishaq Oloyede apologised to the affected candidates and Nigerians in a televised conference on May 14.
The JAMB registrar said the error, caused by one of its service providers, affected nearly 380,000 candidates.
These candidates, he added, will now be made to resit the examination between May 15 and May 19, 2025.
As of this reporting, JAMB has yet to directly address the Faith Opesusi case.
UTME: Father of candidate who committed suicide over low score speaks
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Shadow Govt: Nigerians mobilisiing 500 lawyers for me- Utomi
Shadow Govt: Nigerians mobilisiing 500 lawyers for me- Utomi
Renowned political economist and former presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi, says a group of Nigerians is mobilising legal support in response to a lawsuit filed against him by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Utomi made the disclosure on Friday via a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“It’s energising (that) some want to put together 500 lawyers to defend me against the DSS,” he stated.
The DSS recently dragged Utomi to the Federal High Court in Abuja, accusing him of attempting to institute what he termed a “shadow government” in Nigeria. The security agency is urging the court to classify the action as unconstitutional.
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In court documents dated May 13 and filed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Akinlolu Kehinde, the DSS argued that Utomi’s initiative was not only improper but posed a serious threat to national stability and the current democratic order.
Utomi, who contested the presidency in 2007 under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), is the sole defendant in the case.
Despite the legal action, he expressed gratitude for the messages of support he has received from around the country.
“I am heartened by messages of solidarity from across Nigeria on this shadowy business of chasing shadows of shadow cabinets. Reminds me of the Nigeria I used to know. I want to thank all,” he wrote.
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