A
secondary school g!rl, Racheal (real names withheld), gave residents a
scare after sh-e collapsed in the passage of h-er parents’ rented
apartment in the Fadeyi area of Lagos in broad daylight.
It was gathered that the 14-year-old g!rl almost died after sh-e passed
out a few minutes after being allegedly rap*d by h-er parents’ landlord,
identified only as Mr. Christopher.
The prompt response of residents of Fasanya Street, where the incident happened, averted a tragedy.
Surprisingly, among those who came to h-er aid was the r@pist Mr. Christopher, who pretended as if nothing had happened between them.
However,
the landlord was said to have been arrested by policemen from the
Alakara division after the g!rl confessed to h-er parents what had
happened between sh-e and the landlord.
Racheal, an indigene of Ugelu, Delta State, said h-er ordeal started the
day sh-e ran an errand for the landlord, who hails from Imo State,
while h-er mother was away from home.
Sh-e said, “He has rap*d me three times. The first time was late last
year when he asked me to buy him N10 sachet water. I bought the item and
took it to h!s room, but he locked the door and pushed me to the bed.
He pulled off my pants and I shouted for help.
“He said he would k!ll me with a knife he had kept on the table if I
didn’t shut up. He then brought out a black and white cloth, which he
used to cover my mouth.
“He brought something which he rubbed on my private parts and h!s own as
well. After he finished, there was blood everywhere. He brought water
and said I should wash the bloodstains on my clothes. He gave me N100 to
buy a drug to reduce my pain. He said I should not let my parents know
that he had deflowered me. He said if they noticed, I should lie that it
was a classmate that did it.”
The Junior Secondary School student said the following day the suspect
sneaked to h-er parents’ apartment and demanded the pants sh-e wore the
day he deflowered h-er.
“I asked him what he wanted to do with it; he said he only wanted to see
it. I gave it to him, and he took it away. The following day, he
returned it to me and said I should make sure I wear it.
“From that time, my private parts started itching me. I found it difficult to urinate,” sh-e added.
Racheal said the suspect threatened to k!ll h-er if sh-e mentioned h!s
name to h-er parents as being responsible for h-er ordeal. He was said
to have promised to buy h-er a mobile phone if sh-e kept the secret.
Racheal said on the day sh-e passed out, the suspect tricked h-er again
into h!s room and rap*d h-er, adding that after the s*x, sh-e became
weak.
sh-e said the suspect gave h-er a tin of milk to drink, adding that after sh-e left the room, sh-e became dizzy and fainted.
Racheal’s mother, Elizabeth, said sh-e rarely stayed at home due to the
demand of h-er factory job, adding that h-er husband is currently out of
job.
Sh-e said the family never suspected Christopher, because of the role he played while Racheal was ill.
Sh-e said, “I go to work in Agege around 3am, and return sometimes at
11pm, when they would have gone to bed. By the time I wake up in the
morning, sh-e and h-er siblings would still be asleep.
“When my d@ughter started complaining about itching in h-er private
parts and could not urinate well, sh-e told me it was h-er classmate
that rap*d h-er.
“The landlord took me to the police station and together with some
policemen we started looking for this classmate who allegedly rap*d
h-er. I spent a lot of money and we went to different places, until the
police became tired.
“We took h-er to a hospital for medical test and when I could not wait, I
left my d@ughter with Christopher. When I asked him about the result of
the test, he told me the doctors said everything was in order.”
Sh-e told PUNCH that a few weeks after sh-e fainted, sh-e woke Rachael
up around 2am and pestered h-er to open up on who actually rap*d h-er,
adding that it was then sh-e confessed it was the landlord.
Surprisingly, soon after the landlord was arrested by the police, Rachael was kidnapped.
Racheal, while recalling the incident, said sh-e had gone out to throw
away dirt in the evening when sh-e was abducted by three me-n. sh-e
said, “They said I should not shout and that if I did, they would k!ll
me. I can recognise one of them.
“They said I must not run, if I did, they would k!ll me. They took me to
a house. They used clothes to cover my face and my mouth and rap*d me. I
was shouting and crying, but nobody came to my rescue.
“After they were done, they started apologising to me. The following day, one of the rapists brought me back home around 6am.”
h-er father, Mr. Peter, said the family apprehended the suspect and was
taking him to the Alakara Police Station when some hoodlums hijacked him
from them.
He said he could not tell the fate of the suspect, as the mob pummeled him, before taking him away.
He said their neighbours had started keeping malice with them over the detention of the landlord.
Mr. Peter, who lost h!s welding job about 12 years ago, explained that
the family did not have the means of relocating from the house.
“It is not our joy to continue to live in this kind of place, but what
do we do? I lost my job in 2003 and my wife, who was a factory worker,
has stopped working over this issue. We have spent our livelihood on the
infection that affected h-er private parts.
“We need the help of the government and the good people of Nigeria, not
only to rescue our d@ughter, but to save us and give us justice in this
case,” he added.
Coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and S*xual Violence Response
Team, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the victim had been taken to the
Mirabel Medical Centre where a case of r*pe was established.
Sh-e said, “We also informed the Divisional Police Officer in charge of
Alakara Police Station and he organised officers who apprehended the
suspect.
“However, the victim’s mother did not tell us that sh-e was (also)
gang-rap*d. I think the level of awareness of the family is low. But we
will see the case through.”
– I wonder why this g!rl is just being rap*d anyhow. Four me-n within a short period. Sh-e needs help!
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