The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested
a driver, Olusegun Ajayi, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old
housemaid in Arepo, Ogun State.
The NSCDC authorities said the suspect had canal
knowledge of the girl which caused her to bleed for two
days.
Ajayi, however, told Punch Metro that his act was not rape
since the victim consented. The suspect, who claimed to
be a devout Christian, said he did not know the victim
prior to the incident.
He said, “On Saturday night, I was returning from a party and
was about to enter my house when I saw the girl sitting outside.
I asked her what she was doing outside late at night but she
said she was working in a house not far away from my
workplace and was sent to buy sweets by her employer.
“She said she was locked outside and that she had been
knocking for hours but no one came to open the door for her. I
then told her to follow me to an uncompleted building on the
street. On getting to the building, we saw a mattress there which
had been left behind by labourers. I asked her if she could
sleep alone there but she said no.
“So, I went back to my house to get a wrapper and a pillow.
Although my wife was not at home, my mother-in-law was
around. So, I left her with my children and told her I would not
be coming back that night.”
Ajayi, who claimed to be a father of three, said on returning to
where the victim was, he laid beside her and began to caress
her.
He said the victim did not resist his attempt but requested for
money before she would allow him to sleep with her.
“I don’t know what came over me but I found myself touching
her and she did not resist. Rather, she said I should pay her
N10, 000 for sex and I promised to give it to her the following
day. However, a few minutes into the sex, she started bleeding
profusely which scared me,” he said.
The indigene of Lagos State said he went back home to get drugs
as well as toiletries which he would use to stop the bleeding.
He said when it was daybreak, he set out for work but was
summoned back home after which the employees of the victim
accused him of rape.
“I was on my way to Iporni in Lagos when my wife called me that
people were asking of me at home. When I returned home,
residents just started beating me before handing me over to the
civil defence,” he said.
In a desperate plea to the civil defence authorities, the suspect
said he did not know that the victim was a minor. He added that
his predicament was the handiwork of the devil.
“I have three children, including a daughter. I would never have
touched that girl if I knew she was 15. I am a devout Christian
and I am a responsible man. The devil preyed on my weakness
and I promise never to do such again,” he said.
A source at the NSCDC, who craved anonymity, said the victim
was taken to hospital and that the bleeding had stopped.
She however added that investigations were ongoing and that
medical report would determine what happened.
“We believe that the victim was not only raped but the suspect
must have done something to her because she lost so much
blood. Once the medical report is out, we will know the next line
of action,” she said.
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