Court Orders Cece Yara To Produce Professor Arewa’s Children In Court
A Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, has ordered Cece Yara Foundation to produce in court the two daughters of Mr. Adebisi Arewa, an associate professor of the University of Lagos.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo ordered that the children be produced in court on August 25 to enable her to have an interface with the children to find out about their wellbeing.
Professor Adebisi 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 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, and alleged that the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is using his influence with the school where his children are attending to 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 7 and 10 years respectively.
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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.
Professor Adebisi Arewa 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, DPP, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Team, DSVRA.
Other parties are 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.
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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.
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 Mathew who never had any contact with the child was accused of defiling the minor and is presently serving life imprisonment term at Kirikiri.
