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| Alleged Rapist: Olukayode |
A 30-year old man has allegedly raped a 20-year old girl in Lagos, southwest Nigeria and uploaded her pictures on the internet.
The
suspect, Olaniyan Oluwakayode, who hails from Osun State, allegedly
raped the girl in his apartment at Ifako area of Lagos. He was arrested
by the police and brought to the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs
and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, in handcuffs.
The
victim (name withheld) from Akwa Ibom State, alleged that after being
raped, Oluwakayode snapped her pictures despite pleas from his sister to
desist from such barbaric act, saying Oluwakayode was never her
boyfriend as he claimed.
“He
stops me anytime I am going to work. He approached me and I told him I
was not ready to give him a reply. I did not go to his house. On my way
back from work on Tuesday last week, I saw someone running out of his
house, because there is a bush around their compound so he jumped from
the fence down and held my hand and said he wants to do what’s on his
mind.
“So
I asked him why would he do what’s on his mind when I have not even
accepted his advances, he said he would do what is on his mind today; so
he dragged me into the bush. When I wanted to shout, he brought out a
knife and said if I shouted, he would kill me there.
“So
from the bush, he dragged me to his house and locked the door. I tried
all I could to open it but I couldn’t because the door is an iron door
and very strong. He used his legs to hold my neck, he tore my skirt, my
pant and my bra. He beat me very well on my head, neck and body and
removed my pant and he slept with me. After he finished sleeping with
me, I couldn’t shout again because he was beating me and forcing me to
open my legs. When I refused, he also held my neck so I couldn’t shout,”
she alleged.
According
to her, when Oluwakayode’s sister came back around to 9.00pm, she asked
her brother to open the door, asking him if he wanted to kill
somebody’s else child.
The
victim said when he heard his sister shouting, he took her to the
second room and still slept with her after which she urinated on the
floor.
“His
sister then came through the second window and pleaded with him to let
me go, telling him that if she was the person that was being treated
like that, would he be happy about it? I started crying. I am 20 years
old and I work as an Office Assistant and I learnt Fashion Designing.
“He
has been asking me out for a long time. I was never his girlfriend, I
have my own boyfriend. He raped me with pains, even his sister was
crying and he snapped me immediately and his sister even said she will
call his mother because even if she was the one they did that thing to,
he would even over react,” she stated.
The suspect, Oluwakayode denied raping her, saying she was his girlfriend.
“I
was fighting with my girlfriend but they are accusing me of raping her.
I never deny the fact that I snapped her picture when she was naked. We
were fighting inside, but any other allegation levelled against me is a
big lie. The only thing I did which I do not deny is that I snapped her
naked picture.
“We
were fighting inside and she has been hurting me for a very long period
and we had an issue which made me delete her number. Last week, she
flashed me. When I saw the strange number, I called the number back
immediately. When I heard her voice, I asked her what she wanted because
she told me that her name was Blessing, until we had the issue and she
said her name is Comfort,” he explained.
According to him, he met her passing by in June when he approached her to ask her for her phone number, which she obliged.
“Immediately,
I called her and on her way back, she flashed me and I called her back
and we met. She even came to my house and we sat outside and talked. She
agreed to date me. There was a day we spoke on phone and she was asking
me if I had an apartment, I told her that I didn’t want to rush into
anything, that I wanted to settle down in my business. I do branding in
my house at Ifako.
“They
said I raped her, but one thing is that I have a conscience and she
also has a conscience and let our conscience judge. I believe with all
the proof, the truth is that I never denied beating her, I did beat her
with my head on her face and on her back when she held my manhood; so
all the allegation of bringing out a powder, a knife and belt, I did not
do it because I have a conscience and she has a conscience, that’s
all,” he explained.