Woman Petitions IG, Alleges She Was Raped In Police Custody

A middle-age woman alleged to have been serially raped by four men while in police custody in Abraka, Delta State, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, accusing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, and his men of negligence and failure to protect her.In the petition by counsel to the woman, Mr. Ejomasuvwe Efe, alleged that following a fight between her and her neighbour, police from Abraka Police Station came to arrest her following a complaint from one Mama Afoke who she had altercation with.She disclosed that...

Read More

Policeman Beats Tenant To A Coma With Hammer

A photographer with the Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos was allegedly beaten to a coma by a policeman during a demolition exercise in Ikoyi area of the state last Wednesday.Bolaji Madamidola PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim, Bolaji Madamidola, is an occupant of a building which formerly belonged to a former Managing Director of Oceanic Bank plc, Cecilia Ibru.It was learnt the building had been acquired by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria...

Read More

I Became A Prostitute At 10 – Victim

An 18-year-old victim of human trafficking, identified simply as Victoria, has told us that she became a prostitute at the age of 10 because she was gullible to trust an elderly woman who promised her a job as shop assistant in Lagos.Victoria said eight years ago, she was living in Cross River State with her aunty, who was married to a wife beater, adding that the offer from the elderly woman was like a God-sent because she wanted a new life.She said by the time she got to Lagos, she discovered that she had been deceived and that she was brought...

Read More

Breached Public Peace: Lovers Fight Over S*x Fee In Hotel Room

Two lovers, Godwin Agu, 35, and Amaka Njoku, 30, have landed in trouble after they engaged in public fighting over sex fee in a hotel in Ajegunle, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria.They were charged before an Apapa Magistrate's court and remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri, Lagos.They are facing charge of conduct that breached public peace for fighting in the hotel.The lovers had ealier agreed to have short time sex for a fee of N500 and went to a popular hotel in Ajegunle, Lagos.It was gathered that after they checked into a room, Amaka, who had...

Read More