Posted on: 03:15 Mon, 28 Mar 2016



A man, identified as Chinego
Wasiu, has been arrested by the
Lagos State Police Command for
allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl,
Favour (pseudonym) in the
Boundary, Ajegunle area of the
state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Wasiu,
who was nabbed by the Ajegunle
Police Division after the rape, also
allegedly led a gang of thugs to
Favour’s house to beat up the
father.

Wasiu was said to have threatened
to inflict injuries on the victim’s
family if they made a noise about
the rape.

Our correspondent gathered that
around 9.30pm last Monday,
Favour was sent on an errand to
buy noodles and a candle from a
shop.

It was learnt that Wasiu had
accosted the teenager and raped
her, warning her not to disclose the
incident to anyone.

It was gathered that the family,
however, reported the matter at the
police station on Tuesday, and the
police launched a manhunt for the
suspect.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Wasiu on
Tuesday allegedly led a gang of
hoodlums to the victim’s father’s
house on Alayabiagba Street, and
injured him with broken bottles.

It was gathered that the suspect on
Wednesday appeared again and
was said to have threatened to kill
the family members if they
followed up the matter with the
police.

Favour’s older brother, who gave
his name only as Simeon, said
Wasiu covered her sister’s mouth
with clothes while he raped her,
adding that the family members
had reported at the Juvenile
Welfare Department of the police
station.

He said, “My sister had been 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.

“The suspect 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.”

A social worker with the Child
Protection Network, Toyin
Okhlagogo, who assisted the girl to
the Mirabel Centre for treatment,
said, “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 allegedly 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.”

Our correspondent gathered that
while Wasiu had been arrested,
some of his gang members were
still on the run.

The Police Public Relations Officer,
SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed
Wasiu’s arrest.

She added that investigation was
“still ongoing on the case of rape