For the timely
intervention of a cleric, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) would
have been lynched by a mob after he was caught defiling a nine-year-old girl at
Gowon Estate, Egbeda, Lagos State.
The General Overseer of
Open Channel Bible Church, Gowon Estate, Pastor Darlington Ajitemsan, said he
was shocked when he saw the ASP defile the girl about 9pm at an open field in
the estate.
Ajitemsan said the girl
was the daughter of another policeman.
The cleric warned
parents to be wary of family friends where their female children are concerned.
He said: “It happened
right here in Gowon Estate, not too far from my church. I was outside, when a
commercial motorcyclist, riding through the football field, suddenly noticed a
movement.
“It was the light from
the motorcycle that also made me to know that two people where on the open
field. The girl was under the big guy. I did not know it was a little girl. The
motorcycle rider was already calling me. I quickly moved to the spot. I saw the
big guy on top of the girl. She looked like an eight-year-old girl.
“He had already
penetrated her because I saw his penis inside her. It was that sight that
shocked me.”
Ajitemsan said that
even as a crowd gathered, the ASP continued to lie on the girl, with his
manhood still inside her.
“He was begging the
crowd not to kill him, but made no attempt to stand up. An angry man in the
crowd picked a plank and slammed it across the ASP’s face, shouting he should
get off the girl. The crowd started asking for tyre and petrol. The ASP turned
to me, begging me to implore the crowd not to kill him.
“There was something
peculiar about the girl. She was just staring as though she was not there. The
ASP’s wife and kids rushed to the scene. It was embarrassing. The policeman is
an ASP that lives around here. He said he was sorry.”
Ajitemsan said that the
ASP had a very beautiful wife and a daughter. The daughter is even touted as a
Nollywood star. All his kids are grown up.”
The cleric recalled
that the youth had already picked stones and sticks, but he had to calm them
down.
“I begged the youth to
allow him to be because they wanted to smash his head and burn him, especially
since he is a policeman,” he added.
Ajitemsan explained
that the most shocking thing about the matter was that the ASP was a close
family friend to the girl’s parents.
He said: “The parents
of that girl and the ASP’s family are very close, to the extent that you
may call them family members.
“On that particular
day, the ASP took the girl from her home, her parents saw him. But they
trusted him. He first took her to the junction where they normally sell beer
and pepper soup, popularly called ‘Oritameta,’ where he used to drink ‘ogogoro’
(local gin) with his friends. He bought sweet and biscuits for the girl. It
was after the drinking that he took her to the open field and slept with her.”
The cleric said that
the news of the incident travelled like a wildfire in the estate.
According to him,
policemen from Gowon Estate Police Station came the following day. But no
arrest was made. The matter was quietly settled.
“Parents have to be
careful who their girl-child mingles with. The ASP and the girl’s parents live
in the same block of flats in the estate. The man has been taking the girl out
like that before,” Ajitemsan added.
According to him,
parents should not entrust their children to anybody.
He said: “Whenever kids
go out and come in, they should be questioned and checked. Like in the case of
the girl, she was not walking properly when she stood up.
“For those that call
themselves law enforcement agents, I feel they should go for psychiatric test
before being accepted as policemen.”
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