According to Punch, man by
the name Obinna Ekusaba, was arrested for allegedly raping a primary six pupil
for six months in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State.
The
incident happened from December, 2014, to May, 2015, on Karimu Street, Kirikiri
Town.
Ekusaba often patronized
the victim’s mother who sold cigarette and alcoholic drinks in a motor park on
the street.
One fateful day while the
mother was away the suspect called the 11-year-old to bring a bottle of drink
into an uncompleted building in the motor park.
When she took the item
there, the suspect lured her with money and raped her.The suspect is said to
have subsequently defiled the victim several times before her mother observed
on May 19 that her private parts had enlarged.
After putting pressure on
her, she confessed that Ekusaba had slept with her.
In her Police statement the
victim said
“Brother Obinna (Ekusaba) used to buy
cigarette, water and alcoholic drinks from my mother’s shop.
Last year, I was in my
mother’s shop when Brother Obinna called me to bring a bottle for him inside
the building.
“On getting there, he put
his hand inside his pocket and brought out N500; he asked me to enter. But I
told him my daddy used to give me N500. He then brought out N1,000.
As I entered the building,
he removed my pants and put his private parts inside my own.
“After he removed it, I
demanded the money and he brought it out. As I was about to collect it, he put
it back inside his pocket. That was how Brother Obinna started sleeping with
me.”
Her 35-year-old mother explained
that she was bathing her when she observed that there was a change in her
private parts. She said she observed that her hand could enter her private
parts freely.
“I became worried because
it was not like that before. I questioned her for hours before she confessed
that it was a man called Obinna (Ekusaba) that had been raping her.
“She also said he would
bring out his private parts and ask her to put it in her mouth. I could not
bear it and had to report it to the police.”
The victim was said to have
been taken to a general hospital where different tests on her confirmed that
there was penetration. The police subsequently arrested the suspect, and upon
interrogation, he reportedly confessed to the crime.
Ekusaba, who was married
with four kids, said he slept with the victim both in the day and night.
“I came to Lagos 10 years ago and I started
riding motorcycle.
“I know the complainant as
the mother of the victim. She is like a sister to me. I have been making love
with her daughter for long. When we started, I told her I would buy something
for her, but I didn’t buy her anything. I slept with her five times.
“Each time I wanted to
sleep with her, I would carry her on my lap. It was on the fifth time that I
could penetrate.
“I slept with her at a car
park. I did it during the day and night inside the park. I know I have
committed an offence.”
When contacted, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the case.
He said, “It has been
transferred to SCID, Panti for more discreet investigation.”
Punch
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