Members
of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians rescued a
teenager, who was raped, robbed and abandoned by an unidentified man in Agege
area of Lagos, PM News reports
The
OPC members saw the secondary schoolgirl on Sunday, 9 March in a traumatized
state at a public toilet near NITEL Office, at Oko Oba, Agege
And
after giving her first aid treatment, the teenager was handed over to the
police at the Agege Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, who referred her to
Orile Agege General Hospital, Agege for a comprehensive medical treatment.
The
teenager, who will be 15 by August, narrated that she came from Osun State and
was on her way to Badagry to stay with her aunty who had just given birth, but
decided to have a stay the night at Agege, when it became late (around 9.p.m.)
and she couldn’t get a bus to her destination. Continue...The traumatised girl
told the OPC members that when it became dark she decided to sleep in front of
a shopping complex, near Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, till the next
day.
The
victim said that shortly after she spread some cartons and was about to sleep,
a man pushed her from behind and she fell on the floor.
She
narrated that the man used her belt to tie her neck and used a cloth to cover
her face and started raping her.
The
victim said she screamed and shouted for help but there was no one to rescue
her and the man raped her four times.
She
alleged that thereafter, a night guard, whom she described as huge and tall,
and wore eyeglasses, came with a torch light and left with the rapist to an unknown
destination.
She
alleged that the night guard left her with blood all over her body without
making any attempt to help her.
She
alleged that the guard only came the next day to chase her across the road to
the public toilet where she was later found by the OPC members and
sympathisers.
“It
was at this spot that the OPC members and other sympathisers saw me. They
started pouring water on my head because I had no strength. The man after
raping me stole my handset and left with the guard. Before they left, they
asked me how much I needed but I said I didn’t need their money,” the teenager
said. The girl appealed to the Federal Government and the Lagos State
government to come to her aid and ensure the culprits do not go unpunished.
The
DPO, CSP Eze Philip, of Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, has
begun investigation on the matter, after instructing that the
victim should be taken to the nearby hospital for quick medical attention to
save her life. The girl is still receiving treatment, while her father has been
contacted in Osun State.
Source:
PM News
