"The evil that men do lives with them". in this case it lives with six year old twins at the Lagos Island metropolis .
The issue of how we protect our children from being assaulted sexually still remains an issue,a supposed neighbour and his friend assaulted a set of twin girls repeatedly.
Find story below as culled from a national newspaper The Vanguard:
Yusuf Ojulape,a cobbler was arraigned at an Ebute Metta Magistrate's court for allegedly fondling six year old twins(names withheld) severally,thereby causing them injuries.
Yusuf,alongside his friend Akibu a bouncer who happened to be neighbours with the girls's parents at 23 ,Okearin Street were in the habit of calling the twins to their room to assault them by inserting fingers into their private parts,according to reports.
In addition,it was learnt that their mother simply called mrs Akeem said she came to know about the assault,when she discovered swelling around her daughters private parts,while she was bathing them.After which she asked them what happened and they told her it was Brother Yusuf that has been assaulting them.
On hearing her daughters report,she left for Yusuf's room to confront them but the man was not in the house.
On another occasion when she sent the kids on an errand,they were stopped by Yusuf and his friend who succeeded in taking one of them in while the other ran off to alert their mother.Akibu took to his heels when police arrived the scene while the police succeeded in arresting Yusuf.
The prosecutor,Inspector R.Odigie, who said he could not see clearly or understand the medical test report,when the Magistrate asked for it,noted that Yusuf committed an offence punishable under section 135 of the criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003 and demanded that he be remanded in the police custody .
The charge sheet reads thus:That you Yusuf Ojulape 'M' between June 18 and 22,2013 at 23 Okearin Street,Lagos Island Lagos Magisterial District ,did indecently assaulted 6-year old twins(names withheld) by inserting your finger into their vagina and causing them injuries and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 135 of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003."
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