The complaints bordered on sexual and gender violence, threat to life, harmful cultural practices, withcraft, female genital mutilation and abandonment of family responsibility.
The police had said that “miscreants masquerading as Yoruba Nation Agitators” shot police officers and destroyed two police vehicles.
The defendant, on the pretence that he wanted to buy cow skin, had dragged the 12-year-old seller into his room and molested her.
The Lagos-based lawyer said the award of SAN should be based on merit and service to the bar.
37-year-old Osacpolor Jimoh was said to have attempted to groom the minor into engaging in sexual activities.
Pix: Osacpolor Jimoh
The workers who have lived there for 15 to 20 years were asked by the contractor to vacate before January 23.
Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema announced the move on December 23, which “followed years of advocacy efforts”.
In recent weeks, numerous Iranian journalists have been detained as part of a wave of arrests.
Police Prosecutor Veronica Shaagee told the court that Mr Mzuuga invited the minor under the pretext that he was going to buy a local delicacy for her in the market.
On Thursday, the Military Pensions Board began the payment of Security Debarment Allowance to eligible military retirees and next-of-kins of deceased pensioners.
