In Lagos, Police has
arrested three men for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old
girl in the Agric, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The suspects – Kingsley Oke, Henry Osadere and Francis Ekwe – were arrested
in the Majidun, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, before they were
transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.
It was gathered that the suspects, who
lived in the same area with the parents of the teenager, identified only
as Ijeoma, allegedly raped the girl in August 2016, after the mother
went for a vigil.
Our correspondent gathered that Ijeoma, a
primary 6 pupil, was later discovered by the mother to be pregnant, and
she reported to the police at the Owutu division.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, Ijeoma said one of the suspects threatened to kill her if she disclosed the rape to anyone.
She said, “It was Uncle Kingsley (Oke)
who first raped me. On that evening, he called me and said he would send
me on an errand. When I went to his room, he immediately locked the
door.
“I started begging him, but he forcefully carried me to his bed and raped me. On the second occasion, it was one man called Baba Ijebu that molested me. I had been sent to his house to collect an item.
“While in his house, he raped me. I
cried, but he said I would die if I told anyone. The third man was Henry
(Osadere). I don’t want to talk about it again.”
Forty-three-year-old Osadere, however, denied raping Ijeoma, saying she was a wayward girl.
He said, “She came to my place and said
she had many boyfriends. I asked how a teenager like her had several
boyfriends. Anytime she came to my apartment, she would steal some
items. That was why I sent her away.
“I was surprised that she said I was one
of those who raped her. She said she had a three-month-old pregnancy. I
don’t know the other suspects.The girl lied against me. She knows the
people who messed around with her. It was because I stopped her from
coming to my house that she lied against me.”
Oke, 30, a welder, said, “I have known
the girl since 2014. She usually came to my house to play. She is a
wayward girl. Everyone knows about her promiscuity. I never raped her.”
Ekwe, 52, said Ijeoma and her mother had
begged him in August to borrow them some money, which he did, adding
that he did not rape the girl.
The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigations.
Three suspected rapists arrested for impregnating 14-year-old girl in Lagos
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