Lagos arraigns couple for torture, assault of their children aged five, two

  By Adebisi Onanuga   A couple, Busola Oyediran and her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel, have been arraigned befor an Ogba Magistrates Court for...

 

By Adebisi Onanuga

 

A couple, Busola Oyediran and her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel, have been arraigned befor an Ogba Magistrates Court for allegedly torturing and assaulting their two children, (names withheld) aged five  and two years old respectively.

The incident happened in  Egbeda/Idimu area of Lagos where they reside.

This was contained in a statemnet issued yesterday by the Domestic and Sexcual Violence Agency (DSVA) and signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Mrs Adejoke Ladenegan-Oginni.

The statement said that Busola and Akebiara were arraigned by the state ona four count charge offences bordering on felony to witgrievous harm, unlawful infliction of injuries on a minor, unlawful and indecent treatment of a child and unlawful  assault using horsewhips, cane and belt   before Chief Magistrate (Mrs) Bola  Osunsami, at the Samuel Ilori Court Ogba, on  January  16,2023 and their duplicate case file sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions foe legal advice.

Chief Magistrate( Mrs) Osunsanmi granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 each.

She adjourned the matter till March 27.

The statement issued yesterday by the state’s DSVA said " the children have been taken into protective custody presently and this was facilitated by the Ministry of Youth and Social Development”, the statement stated.

The  Executive Secretary of DSVA, Mrs Titilola Vivour Adeniyi said it took the intervention of a mandated reporter who ensured the case was brought to the attention of the relevant authorities, including the police at Idimu Divisional Police Station, who immediately arrested the couple. 

She said it was alleged that the suspects have been maltreating the  two children by beating them with belts, canes and horse whip.

Mrs Vivour-Adeniyi reiterated the State Government's zero tolerance to all forms of child abuse, Domestic and Sexual Violence and gave assurance of the agency’s unrelenting resolve in upholding the tenets of Safeguarding and Child Protection in the State. 

The statement encouraged residents not to hesitate to report all issues bordering on domestic and sexual violence by calling the DSVA Toll Free line - 08000-333-333, accessible any time any day stressing, “a crime to one is a crime to all”.