- Victim’s grandma alleges threat to life for refusing to withdraw case
The Police in Osun State have apprehended a middle-aged man for allegedly raping a 14-year-old teenage girl (name withheld).
It was gathered that the victim, who has intellectual disability and staying with her grandmother since the demise of her mother, was at home at Gbodofon area, Osogbo, capital of Osun State when the suspect, identified as Enoch, invaded their home and committed the crime.
Enoch was said to have spied on the grandmother and the victim before carrying out the act.
It was learnt that the girl had entered the toilet to defecate while the grandmother had gone to fetch water for her to flush but before she could return with the water, Enoch allegedly sneaked into the toilet and forced himself on the girl.
He allegedly gagged the girl while raping and molesting her.
When the grandmother brought the water, she discovered that the victim was already making a painful noise and before she could force the door open, Enoch came out of the toilet while adjusting his trousers.
“I saw the man (Enoch) coming out of the toilet and holding his trousers. He punched me on the face, hit my hands and ran away. I raised the alarm and neighbours gathered. I was able to identify the man as one of the persons who had lived in this area before he left,” she said.
Immediately, the grandmother reported the matter at Dugbe Police Station in Osogbo.
The Point gathered that with the assistance of a human rights activist, Citizen Lola Wey and some other kind professionals in Osogbo, the victim was taken to the hospital for medical examination and drugs were purchased for her.
Few days after the act, the Police arrested some suspects and the girl was invited to identify the person that raped her.
She was able to point to Enoch and the culprit was reported to have confessed to the crime, hence, his detainment at the custody.
Meanwhile, the police are yet to take the suspect to court.
The victim’s grandmother has cried out over an alleged threat by the father of the suspect simply identified as Muftau Olaoluwa if she refuses to withdraw the matter from the police station.
The woman lamented that Olaoluwa had been visiting her house with charms and threatening to harm her if she did not back out.
“I want the whole world to save me from him (Olaoluwa). He has threatened to harm me and I hear he is a dangerous man. He came to my house and shop, asking me to follow him to the police station to sign some documents so that the case can be settled without it getting to court. I don’t want to partake in such evil because the girl has been damaged. All we want is justice.
“Some few days ago when the man came to my house to threaten me, I felt sick and I was afraid of dying. I later recovered and ever since, he has been pressurizing me. I want the government and security agencies to help stop him from visiting me,” the grandmother who is a petty trader in the Fakunle area of Osogbo said.
When our correspondent contacted Olaoluwa on the telephone, he said he was only going to the grandmother for “settlement” of the matter and that he has no intention of harming her.
“I know that my son has done something terrible but we are begging for forgiveness and settlement. I am willing to do anything for this case to be settled. That was why I have been going to see grandma,” Olaoluwa claimed.
