Man rapes, girl 10 for a year in Lagos

Police in Lagos have arrested, a 30 year-old man, Sulaimon Adigun for allegedly defiling a ten year –old girl at Bariga area of the State.

The suspect, who is popularly called ‘rubber’ was said to have being making love with the girl since January 2017 when she was in primary six without the parent noticing it.

The incident which happened at No, 43 Olorunkemi Street, Bariga was said to have threw the community into confusion, about the action of the suspect whom they see as an easy going person.

It was learnt that the suspect dragged the girl into his apartment when she was going to mosque to pray in the morning around 6: am and make love to her.

The counselor of the victim school was said to have been the one that detected that the girl has been abused, when her friends were playing and ask themselves to swear if man have not touch her. But the reverse is the case for the victim.

“she suddenly became calm when her friends ask her to swear, that was what drew the attention of the counselor who asked her what the problem was unfortunately, she opened up to her how their neighbor had been making marathon love with her for over a year and she was referred to Mirable medical centre at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja for medical test and it was confirm she has been abused.”

.Our correspondent also learnt that the first time the suspect slept the girl, he was alleged to have covered her mouth with cloth and defile her and he had been sleeping with her.

The Coordinator for Child Protection Network, Mr. Toyin Okanlawon who reported the matter to Lagos State Neighbourhood Corp (LNSC), the suspect was immediately picked and he was handed over to Bariga police Station for prosecution.

Okanlawlon said, The suspect confessed at the police station that whenever he does not go to work he always make love to minors in the community.

He said: “ The family of the suspect had been threatening the victim’s parent that was why I took up the case to get justice for them, because he had denied sleeping with the girl but later confessed and begged forgiveness that it was devil.

“The suspect also claimed that the girl used to come to his room to seek for assistant not that he forces her.”

Okanlawon however said, The situation would have been averted, if the mother of the victim had acted fast when her daughter told her about the abused.

 “when the victim told her mother about what the suspect had been doing to her. Her mother said she is saying nonsense, because she never believe such a thing could happen under her nose with a very close neighbor whose sister is her friend.    

The case, it was learnt has been transferred to the gender unit of the police command for further investigation.

When contacted the Lagos State Police Command, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP, Chike Oti promise to get back to our correspondent.