Nurudeen Owolabi,
was on Wednesday arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly
raping a 12-year-old pupil, simply identified as Ngozi in the Bariga area of
the state. The 30 years old man who resides in the same neighborhood with the
parents of the victim was said to have tricked her into his apartment on
Alhaji Yinu Street,
Bariga and raped her during the weekend.
The Ilorin, Kwara
State indigene reportedly gave his
victim N200 and warned her not to tell anybody
about what happened. Trouble, however, broke out when the victim’s mother was
said to have noticed a whitish substance on her private part. She engaged
Ngozi in a ‘deep’ chat before she opened up on the incident. A police source
said the case was immediately reported to the police, leading to the arrest
of the suspected rapist. The Punch gathered that “The girl’s mother was away;
her grandmother sent her on an errand and the suspect tricked her into his
room, where he raped her. “When the girl’s mother returned, she noticed that
Ngozi’s pants were wet and she became suspicious. She asked her what happened
to her, and she said it was Owolabi that raped her. “The suspect was arrested
and taken to the Bariga Police Station and the case was transferred to the
Gender Office, Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja. Subsequently,
Ngozi was taken to the Mirabel Centre at the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital, Ikeja, where series of tests were conducted on her and reports say
the results showed that her hymen had been broken. The abused teenager, a
primary 5 pupil, said, “I went to buy rice and I passed through Brother
Nuru’s (Owolabi) house. He called me and dragged me inside his room; he
removed my gown and my pants and raped me. “He begged me not to tell anybody.
I did not tell my mother because I was afraid she would beat me.” In his
confession, the suspect said he was formerly dating the victim’s sister
before he got another girlfriend.He said, “I had a girlfriend on my street,
who is about 21 years old and anytime she came to my apartment, I would sleep
with her and pay her N500. But for about a month, she didn’t come. I saw her
(the victim) passing by and I called her to come in. ‘I had sex with her. I
then gave her N200. Later, her mother barged into my house and started crying
that I wanted to destroy her daughter’s life.
“It wasn’t my
fault; the devil made me do it,” Owolabi added.
When contacted, the
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the
report.
Badmos warned
pedophiles to change their ways.
She said, “The
Lagos State Police Command will not spare rapists.
“We want to appeal
to parents of victims to speak up and report to the nearest police station.
“They must also
keep watchful eyes on their children to protect them from sexual abuse,” the
PPRO added.
Source: The Punch
Nigeria
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