Tag: Electrician
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Electrician bags life jail for raping benefactor’s daughter
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, to life imprisonment for defiling the eight-year-old daughter of his benefactor. The judge held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye held that the court found that…
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Policemen ‘kidnap’ electrician, beat him with machetes and extort N40,000
Emmanuel Chibuike, a 22-year-old electrician, has accused policemen attached to Ogidi police division, Anambra State, of extorting N40,000 from him. Chibuike told FIJ that on December 19, he was at New Parts in the Onitsha area of the state, preparing to board a commercial vehicle to Nkwelle at about 1 pm, when policemen snatched his…
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For Standing Up for Friend Oppressed by Police, Electrician Spends 5 Months in Prison
Headfort Foundation, a Nigerian prison reform initiative, has narrated how Elijah Owolabi, a Lagos-based electrician, and Adekola Gafar, a transport union worker in Lagos, spent five months and one year in Ikoyi Prison respectively. In a tweet dated June 27, Headfort said Gafar’s trouble started in January 2021 when he arrived late at the park…