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From Taiwo Oluwadare, Ibadan
Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, yesterday, ordered the remand of a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as “Trinity Guy”, in Agodi correctional facility, over alleged sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl.
The court also arraigned Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who are parents of the victim on two-count charge of conspiracy and sexual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker.
The Defence Counsel, Mr Oludare Adebayo, argued that Section 41 empowered the court to hear the matter. Adebayo also described the victim as a product of poverty. The magistrate said the case file had been duplicated, but added that not until the Ministry of Justice accepts to withdraw it that she could hear the matter.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Oluwakemi Arowosaye, had told the court that the three defendants conspired together to sexually abuse the girl.
Arowosaye said “Trinity Guy”, on December 17, 2022, sexually abused and exploited the girl at the Kuola area of Ibadan.
“Abdullahi was asking the victim the colour of his penis, recording the scene and posting it on social media,” she said.
She said the offences are contrary to Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35 (2) of Oyo State Child Rights Law, 2006. Arowosaye said the offences also contravened Section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000. The skit maker, if found guilty of the offence, would be liable to 15 years imprisonment under the Child Rights Law, 2006.
