A woman identified as Jessica has been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly stripping and inserting pepper into the private parts of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly defiled by her husband.

It was gathered that the incident happened in the Rukpokwu area of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, December 29, 2024.

Narrating the incident, the girl’s mother, who gave her name simply as Goodness, said she was at her workplace on Sunday evening when she received a call that her neighbour (Jessica) was molesting her daughter.

The woman stated that before she arrived home, some neighbours had rescued her daughter from Jessica.

Goodness said the wife of her neighbour identified as Ebuka accused her daughter of sleeping with her husband. 

“My neighbour raped my daughter and ran away. So, his wife was looking for my daughter. I asked the wife what the matter was but she said nothing,” she narrated.

“Unfortunately, she came yesterday, deceived the girl, took her to her house, beat her up and put pepper all over her body and her private parts. Even while I was at my shop, people called me that my daughter was dying of beating from my neighbour’s wife.

“So, I ran home and saw her crying, with pepper all over her body. I asked what happened and she narrated how Ebuka’s wife beat her.

“She accused my daughter of sleeping with her husband and that is why she beat her and put pepper on her body.”

The distraught woman said she immediately went to the Rumuokoro Police Station in Obio/Akpor LGA and got the neighbour’s wife arrested

On how the girl was defiled, the woman said, “Upon interrogation, her daughter revealed that on Christmas Day, a female neighbour who is a friend to Jessica took her to her house.

“Minutes later, Jessica’s husband, Ebuka, sent the wife and her friend on an errand. As Ebuka’s wife went out with her friend, Ebuka pounced on her and allegedly raped her after threatening to deal with her if she refused,” she said.

“After he was done, he let my daughter go though she did not tell me because of the threat. Nobody has seen Ebuka since that day.”

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Sequel to ending her eight-month marriage after her husband, Ohis Emmanuel, reportedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old minor, popular Nigerian disc jockey, Kudirat Gbemisola, better known as DJ Kulet, a woman is being dragged by Nigerians on X after a video showed her pleading for mercy for the man who was said to have sexually abused her daughter.

TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that DJ Kulet and Emmanuel tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in early 2024.

When DJ Kulet announced the end of her marriage on 30 December, videos from their wedding immediately started trending as Nigerians lamented that marriages don’t last anymore. 

Subsequently, DJ Kulet released a statement revealing that she ended her marriage because her husband had allegedly been sleeping with multiple people and molested the underage girl living with them. 

Many doubted her claim and asked to hear from the man. 

However, a shocking video has now emerged, showing the man admitting to the allegations and apologising during interrogation. 

But what shocked viewers the most was a video showing the underage girl, named Favour, narrating what she went through at the hands of the DJ’s husband. As she did, her mother is heard begging for mercy for her daughter’s abuser. 

This has caused the lady known as Mummy Favour to trend on X as Nigerians are slamming her for failing to stand up for her 13-year-old daughter. 

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A woman has told the story of how a transgender child molester who was her cellmate at a women’s prison sexually assaulted her. 

Former Washington Corrections Center for Women inmate Mozzy Clark-Sanchez claims Christopher Scott Williams – who identifies as a woman – subjected her to months of stalking, threats of violence, and sexual harassment and assault while they were cellmates.

In a federal lawsuit, Clark-Sanchez claims Williams petitioned the Washington State Department of Corrections to be recognized as a female and transferred to a women’s prison.

Williams had allegedly assaulted a male prison guard to the point that he was rendered unconscious, according to KIRO.

The state granted the request, and placed Williams in a cell with Clark-Sanchez, according to the suit against the Department of Corrections.

During that time, Clark-Sanchez claims Williams would threaten to rape her, ogle her while she was in the shower, and constantly ask for sex, including once with a homemade dildo he brought into the cell, the New York Post reported. 

‘Mr. Williams… would hover menacingly over Ms Clark’s bunk with an erection while touching himself,’ the suit alleges, according to the publication.

‘He would also display his erection to Ms Clark against the wall and gesture towards it, saying how much he wanted her.

‘One night, Ms. Clark woke up and saw inmate Williams sitting on the floor next to her bed with his arms under her blanket, rubbing her genitals.’

Eventually, Williams was moved to a separate cell, but allegedly proceeded to seek out Clark-Sanchez while she was in the shower or bathroom and make perverted comments from the next stall.

‘He also started threatening her with violence if she complained about him again,’ the suit alleges. 

It goes on to claim that prison officials ignored Clark-Sanchez’s concerns and discouraged her from filing official complaints.

The lawsuit also states that officials were aware of Williams’ prior sexual assault of a former female cellmate.

The prison maintained policies that Clark-Sanchez argues violate the constitutional rights of female inmates – including by housing biologically male prisoners with known histories of violence and sexual offences in women’s facilities.

Arrest records obtained by the National Review show that at the age of 16, Williams sexually assaulted his nine-year-old sister by inappropriately touching her buttocks and vaginal area.

He was arrested and charged with first-degree child molestation in 2006 and pleaded guilty to third-degree assault with sexual motivation. 

‘Chris said that he knew what he did was wrong, but he could not help it,’ the police report allegedly reads. 

‘He said that his hormones were acting up.

In a follow-up conversation with police, Williams’ father said he first molested his sister three years earlier, when the girl was just around six years old.

Williams was then convicted in 2009 and 2010 of failing to register as a sex offender.

In June 2012, Williams allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, and just a few months later, in September, Williams was accused of assaulting a male prison officer.

‘Williams stopped when he heard [the officer] “screaming like a little baby,”‘ a probable cause affidavit obtained by the National Review said.

‘He described [Officer] Barrett’s screams “like a death scream.”‘

The officer’s injuries included damage to his ear, which had to be cut open to relieve swelling, broken bones under his right cheek needing extensive stitching, a knocked-out tooth and a nose so severely damaged it required emergency surgery to reconstruct, the outlet reports.

(S)he was then convicted of second-degree assault.

Clark-Sanchez is now seeking damages for emotional distress, humiliation, and violations of her constitutional rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.

By Hussein Yahaya

Since he assumed office as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in August 2023, Barrister Ezenwa Nyesom Wike, has prioritised road infrastructure, security and opening up rural communities as his cardinal focus.

The minister was also quick to sound a warning that allocation from the federal pulse would not be able to drive the above-listed priority areas, hence the need to pay attention to monies from grant rents and Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os).

He immediately directed those in charge of land administration in the nation’s capital, the Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS), to start identifying individuals who have failed to put their lands into use for a long time, failed to pay grant rents for a long time or failed to pay for processing or balance the processing fees for their C of O.

Having identified these, the administration spent billions of naira to publish the names of the defaulters in some national dailies, giving them an ultimatum to pay or risk forfeiture.

Daily Trust reports that this yielded some positive results as many of the defaulters besieged the AGIS to pay up.

Road projects, security, other feats recorded in FCT

Wike started with the re-asphalting of some roads within the city centre, which included the 27km Southern Parkway stretching from the National Christian Centre intersecting at the Goodluck Jonathan Way, down to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Express road, which was commissioned by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to mark his one year in office.

The minister also embarked on construction of at least one rural road in each of the six area councils including the road that links Kuje town to the expressway.

The minister also renovated some schools and provided inputs for farmers during the year.

He also saw to the return of the abandoned Abuja light rail with the train now running on the completed tracks. He also promised to expand its services to cover more areas.

In the area of security, stakeholders believe that Wike has done relatively well by taming the insecurity that was almost at a record high before his coming.

Bandits were almost taking over the nation’s capital while the ‘one chance’ syndrome was becoming something else. All these, the minister was able to check to a certain level.

All the efforts, however, seemed to have been blurred by the agony and tears of the victims of his demolition exercises.

The minister had set up a task force on city sanitation, which together with the Development Control Department of the administration, demolished a number of what they called illegal structures within the city centre.

Notable among the areas touched were the Ruga settlement, some buildings at Sabo Lugbe, Apo Durumi side, and some other areas.

The Director of Development Control, Muktar Galadima, justified the exercise, saying it was done to protect the city’s master plan.

Aside from this, some individuals also accused the minister of grabbing their lands and reallocating them to his friends.

Some of the victims accused the minister of using his power to victimise them.

These categories of people seem to have gotten the attention and sympathies of ordinary Nigerians, especially the property owners in Abuja rather than the developmental projects by the minister.

There were scores of protests demanding Wike’s removal over such demolition exercises. However, the minister seemed not to be worried, insisting that the exercise would continue even if “heaven falls”.

The minister, who most of the aggrieved residents have labelled as a land grabber, told supporters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, during his yuletide break that those calling him a land grabber are the ones abusing lands in the nation’s capital.

He vowed to deal with them by making sure all the anomalies were corrected.

“I am in charge of all lands in Abuja. How can I be a grabber of what I am in charge of,’’ the minister asked the crowd.

Wike’s policies lack human face – Stakeholders

Some stakeholders in the nation’s capital have said some of the minister’s policies are without human face.

Joseph Tanimu from Bwari, headquarters of one of the six area councils in the FCT, berated the minister for demolishing people’s property without considering the current economic realities.

‘’No matter how right you are, it is imperative to always consider the condition of the people before implementing harsh policy.

“People are even accusing the minister of demolishing the structures and seizing the lands for his friend. If this is true, then we are in trouble in Abuja with Wike,’’ he said.

Another resident, Philip, Shekwoya, cautioned Wike not to add to the suffering of the people, saying the present administration has created more than enough problems for the citizens.

What Wike must pay attention to in 2025 – Residents

A cross-section of the FCT residents have appealed to Wike to pay attention to the inadequate manpower in both primary and secondary schools in the nation’s capital.

Hajiya Halimat Saloko, decried the ratio of pupils to teachers in most of the schools in Abuja as worrisome.

She said, “In some schools, especially in the area councils, there are less than three teachers. The minister should pay attention to this area.’’

Mr Jacob Musa, another resident, wants the minister to address the perennial water shortage in most parts of the territory.

‘’Go to the FCT Water Board, most of the staff there are casual, the minister should make them permanent so that they can be more efficient.

‘’Aside from this, most of the satellite towns are without potable water, the minister should focus on this too,’’ he advised.

Some residents, however, commended the minister on security and urged him to improve on it in 2025.

My priority is to restore Abuja’s glory – Wike

The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has insisted that his major priority as directed by President Bola Tinubu is to restore the lost glory of the nation’s capital despite mounting opposition.

He said no amount of blackmail would stop him from what he was doing, insisting that he had the backing of Mr President.

The minister advised those who believe in the power of blackmail and propaganda to strategise as he would not be carried away by those gimmicks.

Credits: Daily Trust

Sir Agabaidu C Jideani, the National Commissioner in Charge of the Right to Education at the National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria, has called on the Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Dodo, to find a Policy mix that prioritizes the right to education of children in Kogi State while seeking tax compliance by schoolchildren’s parents.

Speaking in Abuja on the 27th of December whilst reacting to reports that a memo dated November 26 2024 from the Chairman of the Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue Services directed educational institutions not to register students who fail to present verifiable Tax Clearance Certificates from their parents, Sir Jideani stated as follows:

“I appreciate the efforts of the Kogi State Government to ensure tax compliance among its citizens, particularly parents. However, I strongly believe that the recent memo issued by the Chairman of the Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue Service, which mandates institutions of learning to refuse registration to students without a verifiable tax clearance certificate from their parents, may inadvertently deny children their right to education…”.

Continuing, he observed that education is a fundamental human right, universally accepted in democratic societies and enshrined in the Nigerian constitution. ‘…We must balance the obligation to pay taxes with the need to protect this right. I urge the Governor of Kogi State to revise this policy, ensuring that it does not jeopardize the education of innocent children…”.

He noted that successive Governors in Kogi State have done very well with establishing and renovating schools and encouraging universal basic education leading to a significant reduction in out-of-school children in the state. He observed that this policy that seeks to keep children out of school on account of the poverty of the parents would negatively impact on the progress made by the state in this sector and called on the governor to revise the policy.

“I commend Governor Ododo for his efforts to bring development to the state. I am confident that, together, we can find a solution that balances tax compliance with the right to education…” he concluded.