peOne Femi Kulajolu has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping his younger brother’s 15-year-old daughter, Lola, who is reportedly eight-months pregnant as a result of the alleged rape.
The father of six, who runs Christopher Hotels on Agor Road in the Isolo area of Lagos state, is also being investigated for an attempted rape of his stepdaughter, Titi, The Punch reports.
Titi’s experience was said to have prompted her mother, Ndidi to report the two cases to the police who arrested Kulajolu and arraigned him before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court.
Lola, according to reports, had offended her father sometime in June 2015 and fled to the uncle’s hotel for the fear of being beaten.
He was said to have given her a room in the hotel where she passed the night. In the midnight, he reportedly sneaked into the room and forcefully had sex with her.
The 43-year-old man was said to have raped Lola on three occasions at the hotel.
He had also raped her at her mother’s house on Majekodunmi Street, Meiran, while the mother was not at home, threatening her that she would die if she revealed the secret.
Lola, while giving an account of the rape, said, “I offended my father and fled home because he wanted to beat me. I went to my uncle’s hotel and slept there that night.
“While I was sleeping, he came in and raped me. He warned me not to tell anybody and threatened that if I did, he would kill me.
“Few months after the encounter, my sister fell ill and my mother went to look after her at a hospital she was admitted.
“Uncle Kulajolu came to our house and raped me again. He came to pass the night in our house. In the night, he came to my room, covered my mouth and raped me again. He threatened me that he would kill me if I told anybody. He slept with me three times. I am now eight months pregnant,” the victim added.
Lola eventually opened up after much pressure on who was responsible for the pregnancy.
Kulajolu’s wife, Ndidi said her husband was about raping 14-year-old Titi when he was caught.
According to Titi, “Somebody came inside my room, switched off the light and slept on me. I woke up and discovered that the person had removed his clothes.
“I raised the alarm and everybody woke up and started searching the house to know the person. My sister noticed that somebody was hiding behind the curtain in the living room. We opened it and found my stepfather there. I broke into tears. When my mother asked him why he attempted to rape me, he started behaving as if he was drunk,” Titi noted.
Meanwhile, the suspect denied raping his niece.
According to him, he is not responsible for the pregnancy.
“After the death of my brother, around November 2015, Lola’s stepmother came to me and told me that she (Lola) was pregnant.”
To back up his claims, the suspect reportedly added that: “She said the family of the boy responsible for her pregnancy had come and they had discussed. So, where do I come in? Am I the boy? I don’t understand.
“I did not rape her and I am not responsible for the pregnancy,” he stated.
Kulajolu was subsequently arraigned at the weekend before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court on two counts bordering on rape and sexual assault.
The charges read in part, “That you, Femi Kulajolu, sometime in year 2015, on Dele Kulajolu Street, Lagos State, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did defile one Lola, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.”
Kulajolu pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Adegite, granted him bail in the sum of N250, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Adegite adjourned the case till March 17, 2016 for mention.
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