The Special Offences Court, sitting in Lagos, has ordered Cece Yara Foundation to produce in court two daughters of Adebisi Arewa, an associate professor of the University of Lagos.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, ordered that the children be produced in court August 25 to enable her have an interface with the children to find out about their wellbeing.
She told the court that she made the ordered so that she could speak with them in her chambers and allow the children to speak for themselves.
Professor Arewa, who appeared for himself during the ruling had told the court that his children are not properly catered for and that they are being provided with second-hand clothes in the custody of Cece Yara Foundation when they are the children of a whole professor of law. He said the last time he saw his children was in May 2022.
He alleged that the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is using his influence with the school where his children are attending in persecuting his person. He also told the court, that the mother of the children, a banker is not capable of caring for the children due to her work and that he remains the best person to cater for the children, who are seven and ten years respectively.
He said that the children are not disturbed and that they should be handed over to him and that they are doing fine in their school.
The university don has sued on behalf of himself and his two children, X and Y against the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice;.
Other respondents are Director of Public Prosecution, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Team in the Ministry of justice, Chief Mrs.O. A Olayinka, Chief Magistrate of Lagos State, O.T Odumole, Principal Social Welfare Officer, Yaba, Commissioner of Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Lagos state.
In the suit, the professor is seeking six reliefs, among which is an order seeking immediate release of the applicants to their parents, and an order quashing the forensic interview so long as it disparages the interest of the minors purportedly conducted by Cece Yara Foundation without the consent and participation of the parents illegal, void and of no effect and an order releasing the children to enable them go to school.
Cece Foundation took custody of the children over allegation that Mr. Adebisi Arewa is allegedly having carnal knowledge of his two daughters and for his refusal to release the victims for forensic examination.
In 2019, Cece Yarah during an advocacy visit, noticed that Miss ‘X’ had been physically molested by her father and wrote the Ministry of Youths And Social Development that the child be taken into protective custody but that in a twist, a driver in UNILAG staff School, one Abiodun Matthew who never had any contact with the child was accused of defiling the minor and is presently serving life imprisonment term at Kirikiri.
