The Lagos State Police Command at the weekend arrested one Chinego Wasiu, for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, simply identified as Favour in Boundary, in Ajegunle area of the state.
The victim at about 9.30pm on March 21 was sent on an errand to a nearby kiosk when Wasiu reportedly accosted and raped her, warning her not to disclose the incident to anyone.
Wasiu, apart from forcefully having canal knowledge of the teenager, was said to have led a gang of thugs to Favour’s house on Alayabiagba Street, after he was accused of rape, to beat up her father, threatening that if the family made a noise about the rape, he would kill them all.
The threat, notwithstanding, the victim’s family reported the matter at the Ajegunle Police Division the following day.
Wasiu, knowing that the family had lodged complaint with the police, allegedly led a gang of hoodlums to the victim’s father’s house again and injured him with broken bottles on Tuesday (one day after the incident).
Consecutively, on Wednesday, Wasiu reportedly appeared again and was said to have threatened to kill the family members if they followed up the matter with the police, The Punch reports.
Favour’s older brother, who simply identified himself as Simeon, said Wasiu covered her sister’s mouth with clothes while he raped her.
He noted that the family members had also reported at the Juvenile Welfare Department of the police station.
Simeon said, “My sister was sent to buy a candle and noodles in the neighbourhood. It was some minutes before 10pm. She was accosted by the rapist, and when she raised the alarm, he covered her mouth with clothes and raped her.
“The annoying part was that the man came to our house and threatened to deal with us if we made a noise over the incident.
“He came with thugs and beat up my father. He was injured; broken bottles were used on him, he threatened to kill me too.
“I took pictures of the broken bottles and my father’s bloodstained clothes.
“We reported at the Ajegunle division and the case is presently at the Juvenile Welfare Department of the station,” Simeon added.
A social worker with the Child Protection Network, Toyin Okhlagogo, had reportedly assisted the girl to the Mirabel Centre for treatment.
According to Okhlagogo, “The girl was raped in the Boundary area while running an errand for her family. The girl’s family threatened to take the suspect’s family up on the matter.
“The suspected rapist came with partners in crime to beat up the victim’s father. He was injured. The victim had been taken to the Mirabel Centre for medical examination,” the social worker noted.
Meanwhile, following the manhunt launched by the Ajegunle police command, Wasiu, was at the weekend, arrested and some of his gang members are still on the run.
Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “The suspected rapist has been arrested.
“We have begun investigation into the case,” the PPRO said.
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