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Skit Maker, Trinity Guy In Tr0uble Over 10-Year-Old Girl As Court Remands Him | READ DETAILS

Faith Ukanwa

Jun 26, 2023

Skit Maker, Trinity Guy In Tr0uble Over 10-Year-Old Girl As Court Remands Him | READ DETAILS
A Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday, ordered the remand of a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as "Trinity GuyÔÇØ, in Agodi correctional facility over alleged se-xual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl.

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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 se-xual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker.

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The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the defendants' plea for want of jurisdiction, said that the case file had been filed and duplicated at the Oyo State Ministry of Justice.

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Adetuyibi remanded the three defendants in Agodi correctional facility, Ibadan, pending July 11 when the case would come up for mention.

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The Defence Counsel, Mr Oludare Adebayo, argued that Section 41 empowered the court to hear the matter.

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Adebayo also said the victim was a product of poverty.

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The magistrate said that the case file had been duplicated, but added that not until the ministry of justice accepted to withdraw it that she could hear the matter.

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Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Oluwakemi Arowosaye, had told the court that the three defendants conspired together to se-xually abuse the girl.

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Arowosaye said that "Trinity GuyÔÇØ, on Dec. 17, 2022, se-xually abused and exploited the girl at Kuola area of Ibadan.

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"Abdullahi was asking the victim the colour of his pe-nis, recording the scene and posting it on social media,ÔÇØ she said.

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According to her, the offences are contrary to Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35 (2) of Oyo State Child Right's Law, 2006.

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Arowosaye said that the offences also contravened Section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that if the skit maker is found guilty of the offence, he is liable to 15 years imprisonment under the Child Right's Law, 2006.

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