former Nigerian ambassador guilty of molesting his housemaid/ eight years in jail

A Swiss court on Wednesday found a former Nigerian ambassador guilty of molesting his housemaid and sentenced him to eight years in prison.Ejoh Abuah, 69, who was tried in absentia by the Geneva cantonal (state) court, will have to serve the sentence if he ever returns to Switzerland.Abuah’s lawyer, Philippe Girod, said his client was unable to attend the trial because of severe hypertension and had stayed home in Nigeria.Under Swiss law, the defendant has five days to challenge the court’s decision. “There will definitely be an appeal,” Girod said.Abuah was posted at Nigeria’s mission to the United Nations’ European offices in Geneva from 1996-1998. He was accused of molesting one of his housemaids, a 52-year-old woman from the Philippines, on four separate occasions from 1997-1998.

“The facts are not contested - there has been a segxwal relationship,” Girod said. “But to qualify the facts in a legal way, is a different matter.”

The court verdict did not identify the victim.Luis Cid, head of a labour union which helped her get medical treatment and file a complaint in 1998, also declined to identify her, citing personal privacy. The victim claimed that Abuah segxwally harassed her regularly, appearing naked before her while his family was out of the house.She alleged that he threatened to revoke her working visa or to denounce her husband, who was living and working in Switzerland illegally, if she reported his behaviour to authorities.
Three other women, who worked in the Nigerian mission also accused Abuah of segxwal misbehaviour, after which Nigeria recalled him.Laws, which usually protect diplomats did not apply in this case, because his immunity was lifted automatically after he left the diplomatic corps in 1998.
After a Swiss warrant was issued for his arrest, Abuah was arrested by Dutch authorities in 2003 at the Amsterdam airport and extradited to Geneva. He served two months in preventive custody before being provisionally released.

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Posted: at 2-06-2011 03:31 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

nail him to the cross

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Posted: at 2-06-2011 10:56 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

let them come to nija and collect him there is no hiding place for such man...

Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:04 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

he should face the law

Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:06 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

52yrs old woman.. got raped? are you guys kidding me ??

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Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:16 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

Why people do abuse power. Tomorrow is older than everyone.

Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:22 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

shut!!!!!!!!!!  

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Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:31 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie

How can a 52 years old woman claiming rape, what is still remain in her is she sweet again, what is attract in her that we make a Diplomat to rape her, she is not happy that a Diplomat talk to her. Infarct she is a gordiger all of them come to Nigeria and catch him criminals.

Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:53 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

please, they should come to 9ja and bundle him back. so Nigerian is a safe place for criminals and rapist. he deserve life in imprisonment.

Posted: at 2-06-2011 11:59 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie

i see

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Posted: at 2-06-2011 12:15 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero