How Customs Officer Impregnated Me, Absconded –15-year-old Katsina Pupil

 Aisha, a JSS2 pupil in Dutse Safe community, Katsina State, tells OLAIDE OYELUDE (in Hausa language) how she became a mother at 15 after being impregnated by an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service who is allegedly evading responsibility

Can you tell us your name, age and why you are presently staying with your grandmother in the village instead of being in school?

I am Aisha. I am 15 years old and a JSS 2 pupil at Dutse Safe, in Katsina. My parents live in Kano; I am their first child. I am currently staying with my grandmother in the village since I was impregnated and I eventually put to bed about four months ago.

Who impregnated you?

The man’s name is Ibrahim. He is a (Nigeria) Customs (Service) officer in Katsina.

How did you know that he is a Customs officer?

He used to come to the village here in Customs uniform while he and his colleagues also visited in the Customs operational vehicle.

When and how did you meet Ibrahim?

One day, I was inside the room in the village when Ibrahim visited the village along with his colleagues. When leaving, he gave me N500 and dropped a phone number. He said I should use the money to help buy Fura (local wheat) for him. I bought the item as directed and later in the evening on that day, I called him that I had bought it – that was around 7pm after the evening prayers. He, however, told me that it was too late for him to come to pick it and that I should share it with my siblings.

Since that day, he kept on calling me. Then, one day, he came to our house in the village and said he was taking me somewhere in the Customs operational vehicle. He took me to an obscured corner and raped me.

Can you describe what the vehicle he came with looked like?

It was a Customs operational Hilux vehicle, painted in the Customs colour.

How did you know it was Customs vehicle?

Customs officials often come to our village in the vehicles painted in that colour while chasing smugglers.

How long had you known him before the day he allegedly took you away in Customs vehicle and sexually assaulted you?

Three months. We had been dating for three months and at times, he would come with his friends while on duty. At other times, he would call me on phone.

What did he discuss with you whenever he came around or called you on phone?

At times when he came, he would complain that there were too many people in the compound and he would ask me to follow him out of the compound where we would talk and he would promise his love for me and that he would marry me.

What time of the day did he usually visit you?

He came anytime he liked. Sometimes, it was in the morning; at other times, he came in the afternoon and even at night and he would take me to a corner where, at times, we had intimate moments. Sometimes he would give me money; at other times he gave me gifts.

What do you mean by intimate moments; did he have sex with you?

Yes, we had sex three times in a week.

How did you know that you were pregnant?

My neighbours were the first to notice that I was pregnant and they told me. My family, including my grandma, then called and informed Ibrahim about it. Later, he called me and said I should meet him somewhere along the road to the village. I still have the phone number he gave me.

Initially, whenever I called the number, he would pick it but later he was not picking my calls again. So, when the pressure was too much for me in the village, I ran away to Katsina and I met his friend who used to come with him to the village. His name is Idris and he is also a Customs officer.

I left home because I was afraid that my uncles and aunties would beat me. I told Idris that Ibrahim was not answering my calls. He took me to his room in their quarters and promised to take care of me until his friend returned from Lagos. It was Idris who gave me transport fare to go to Kano to meet my parents. He told me to go and meet my parents because he was afraid that I might die due to my condition.

Was it because Ibrahim stopped picking your calls that you reported the case to an NGO, Queen Dijah Women and Children Awareness Initiative?

Auntie Khadijat (the coordinator of the NGO), had all along been supportive of me. When she learnt about my situation, she took me to the hospital for the necessary antenatal care and initiated steps to make the case public. She wrote petitions to various government organs, including the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service, the police and the Katsina State House of Assembly.

What exactly do you want?

Ibrahim, who impregnated me and made a mother, should marry me since nobody would want to marry me again. Secondly, he should come and claim the boy as the boy is his son. In fact, we named the boy, Hameed, after the Comptroller.

Nigerian Man Arrested For Raping An 83-year-old Woman In US

 A 52-year-old Nigerian man recognized as Olabamidele Olumide Bewaji has been arrested for purportedly raping an 83-year-elderly person experiencing Alzheimer’s infection.

Bewaji who was blamed for assaulting the lady at the Pillars of Mankato home in Mankato, Minnesota since the start of March, was caught by the woman’s child who set up a camera in his mom’s room so he could watch out for her while at home.

He told a neighborhood newspaper that he Bewaji, a carer, stroked his mom, before peeling her garments off and explicitly attacking her as she lay in bed. He asserted that the carer then moved into his mum's bed, where he supposedly attacked her a subsequent time.

Two Men Arrested For Gang Raping A 16-Year-Old Girl In Anambra

 It will be recall that on 19/2/2021 a 16 years old girl was brutally gang raped by two men at Osumowo street Awada in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State, leaving her unconscious due to excessive loss of blood.

Following the report,police detectives trailed and arrested the suspects namely,

(i).Chidiebere Uzoma 'm' aged 45years of Ukaegbu Street Awada and,

(ii).Uchenna Nwegbu 'm' aged 23years of Osumowo street,Awada.

Meanwhile, victim was taken to the hospital for medical Examination where penetration and multiple lacerations of her hymen was confirmed.She is presently receiving treatment.Upon interrogation,the suspects have voluntarily confessed to the alleged Crime.

Consequently.the suspects were arraigned before the magistrate court Idemili on the 11/3/2021 for prosecution after investigation was concluded.

300 Level UNN Student Commits Suicide After His Phone Was Seized In Exam Hall

 A 300 level Biochemistry student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Mba Daniel, was on Saturday, confirmed dead after committing suicide, VANTAGE NEWS reports.

Our correspondent gathered that the student apparently made different attempts to take his own life between Wednesday and Friday before he eventually succeeded in hanging himself.

VANTAGE NEWS learnt that his phone was seized by a lecturer on examination supervision duty after he was caught cheating with it while writing BCH 353 exam on Wednesday, 10th March.

Daniel’s course mates who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that he last came to school after the incident on Wednesday. Some of them believe his quest to take his own life was due to depression that he suffered after he was caught engaging in examination malpractice.

His lodge mates at his residence in the Odim Gate area of the university community where the ugly incident happened told VANTAGE NEWS that Hypo bleach mixed with dye, hair relaxer and Captain Jack liquor were found in his room.

They also reported that rope tied in the ceiling of his room, knife, syringe and belt were also found.

According to them, it seemed he had attempted to take his life through the items but was unsuccessful.

Daniel eventually hung himself at the balcony in the second floor of the three storey building where he fell from the rope and landed on the floor, suffering a broken leg.

He was rushed by neighbours to a nearby hospital where he was confirmed dead in the early hours of Saturday.

Confirming the incident, the President of the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry Students, UNN chapter, Silas Ijaja, said, “the information reaching me through the closest person is that the guy attempted to kill himself with corrosive chemical, relaxer and strong ethanol he mixed and drank but it did not work. He then used rope to hang himself from the balcony of his room where he fell from and fractured his leg. He was rushed to the hospital and confirmed dead on Saturday.

“It is obvious he died of depression over the incident that happened in exam hall on Wednesday. It may not also be unrelated to his inability to cope with the pressure of the ongoing examination. We have a lot to read and write this period and it is driving so many students into depression,” he added.

All efforts made to contact the Head of the Biochemistry department and school authority prove abortive.

Headless Body Of A Lady Found In An Uncompleted Building (graphic Photos)

 The headless body of an unknown lady was found in an uncompleted building at Etereva, Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, HGS Media Plus reports.

The body of the deceased was found on Sunday afternoon, March 7.

It was said that the act might have been done by suspected ritualists for ritual purposes.

The body of the deceased has however been deposited into the mortuary by security operatives.

I Killed My Wife Over Suspicious Text Messages On Her Phone – Husband

 A 46-year-old Olatunji Sobola has told the police that he killed his wife after seeing some suspicious text messages on her phone.

Sobola, a staff of Remo North Local Government, has confessed that he suspected his wife of 20 years of “having extra marital affairs because of some text messages he saw on her phone.”

According to the Ogun State Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect stated further that it was when he challenged his late wife about his suspicions that a fight broke out between them, which eventually led to the death of the 38-year-old mother of three.

Oyeyemi told DAILY POST on Monday that the man was nabbed on Saturday, following a complaint by the father of the deceased, one Alhaji Ambali Yinusa, who reported at Owode-Egba divisional headquarters that his son-in-law, Sobola, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Momudat Sobola, which led to a physical fight between them.

The deceased’s father stated further that in the process, Sobola took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.

Upon the report, the DPO of Owode-Egba division, CSP, Matthew Ediae, had sent his men to the scene where the suspect was apprehended, while the victim was immediately rushed to the hospital, where she later gave up the ghost.

The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital’s morgue in Sagamu, for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward A. Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

Mentally-ill Girl Chained Around Her Neck And Limbs By Her Mother

 A mentally-ill girl has been released from a room where she reportedly chained by her mother in the Arochukwu area of Abia State.

The teenager simply called Ada was said to have been locked in a room with a chain round her neck and limbs.

She was rescued on Sunday by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in collaboration with Vicar Hope Foundation and the Child Protection Network; a non-government organisation run by Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, wife of the state governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

The rescue took place at the weekend in Umuokoro Obinkita Arochukwu Local Government Area of the state..

Ada’s plight became public knowledge after it was published on WhatsApp, though with little detail.

After learning of the girl’s plight on social media Mrs Ikpeazu reportedly directed that it be investigated.