Alleged sexual exploitation: Court remands Skit maker, victim’s parents

A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, aka ”Trinity," be remanded in the Agodi correctional center for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl.

The Magistrate, Mrs. P. O. Adetuyibi, ordered Abdullahi, 31,Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife Rofiat Ahmed, 29, parents of the child, to continue to be remanded in Agodi.

Adetuyibi adjourned the matter until Aug. 3, for mention.

Supreme News reports that the police charged Abdullahi, along with the parents of the victim, with conspiracy and sexual abuse or exploitation.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Oluwakemi Arowosaye told the court that Abdullahi, Ahmed, and his wife Rofiat allegedly conspired together to wit sexual abuse.

Arowosaye said ‘Trinity,” on Dec. 17, 2022, was alleged to have sexually abused and sexually exploited a 10-year-old girlat Kuola area, Ibadan.

The offence, the police said, contravened the provisions of Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35 (2) of the Oyo State Child Right’s Law 2006.

She said it also contravenes the provisions of section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.