{"id":12812,"date":"2022-08-26T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12812"},"modified":"2022-08-26T16:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T16:14:01","slug":"court-remands-female-lawyer-for-assaulting-eleven-year-old-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=12812","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Violence: Court Remands Female Lawyer For Assaulting Eleven Year Old Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Domestic Violence: Court Remands Female Lawyer For Assaulting Eleven Year Old Girl<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A legal practitioner,\u00a0 Ifeoma Igwe, has landed in trouble over\u00a0 an\u00a0 alleged assault and abuse of an 11-year old girl, Esther Onwa, by treating her as a slave; she was caught in the act and arrested by the Police in Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reports say\u00a0 \u00a0Igwe has been charged before the Yaba Magistrates Court for child trafficking and assault on the victim.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The lawyer, Igwe, was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate, P.E. Nwaka, on a count charge including child trafficking, cruel treatment, unlawful assault and causing bodily harm.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Part of the counts stated: \u201cThat you, Igwe Ifeoma, did take away one Esther Onwa, 11, in order that she might be detained or treated as a slave or servitude under your custody on the said date, time, and location, in the aforementioned Magisterial District\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat you, Igwe Ifeoma, did unlawfully assault one Esther Onwa, 11, on the aforementioned date, time, and location in the abovementioned Magisterial District by repeatedly causing various degrees of bodily harm to her ears, left eyes, back, neck, laps, buttocks, and other parts of her body.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThat you, Igwe Ifeoma, injured 11-year-old Esther Onwa in her eyes with a wire that may have permanently blinded her on the mentioned date, time, and location in the aforementioned Magisterial District.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The prosecutor, Olofin Williams, alleged that the offence the lawyer committed was contrary to sections 411, 276(a), 172, 173, 246, and 245 of the Lagos State Criminal Law of Nigeria, 2015.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She pleaded not guilty.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Presiding Magistrate,\u00a0 Nwaka, granted her bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum and ordered her remand in custody pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The matter was adjourned till 23rd September, 2022, for mention while the victim was taken to the Lagos State Social Welfare Office for protection and treatment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Source: Equitynews<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domestic Violence: Court Remands Female Lawyer For Assaulting Eleven Year Old Girl A legal practitioner,\u00a0 Ifeoma Igwe, has landed in trouble over\u00a0 an\u00a0 alleged assault and abuse of an 11-year old girl, Esther Onwa, by treating her as a slave; she was caught in the act and arrested by the Police in Lagos State. 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