seized the underwear and clothes of a 16-year-old girl after
raping her in the Agege area of Lagos.
It was learnt that the teenager, Comfort (not her real name),
a Secondary School Class 1 student was allegedly raped by
Fasasi when she ran an errand for her mother.
Fasasi, who has since been arrested by the police,
reportedly called the girl and asked her to also buy food for
him while she ran the errand for her mother.
Fasasi was said to have led the teenager to his room, when
she requested for the plate she was going to buy the food
in, he allegedly asked her to remove her clothes and
underwear. After she took her clothes and underwear off, he
took them away and raped her.
When Fasasi reportedly refused to return her underwear and
clothes after the rape, the girl was said to have fled the room
naked. It was learnt that one of the suspect’s neighbours
noticed the girl and came to her rescue.
The matter was said to have been reported at the Isokoko
Police Division, and Fasasi was arrested.
According to Comfort, Fasasi threatened to stab her to death
with a knife if she raised any alarm.
She added that when the suspect refused to return her
clothes after the rape, she fled the room with one of his
wrappers.
She said:
“It was on April 19, 2015, at about 5pm. My mother and I live
on Shaiba Street in the Agege area. I had never gone to the
tailor’s house before. I did not know he was a rapist.
“On the fateful day, he asked me to follow him inside his
room to get the plates that I would use to buy food for him.
Once I entered the room, he immediately locked the door
behind him. He then brought out a knife and threatened to
kill me if I did not undress.
“I begged him, but he did not listen. I was scared that he
would kill me, so I obeyed. But after removing my clothes
and underwear, he collected them from me, and went out
with them. I asked him where he was taking them to; he said
he was taking them to his shop.
“Seconds later, he returned and he raped me. I was shouting
inside the room, but no one seemed to hear me. When he
was done, I asked for my clothes, but he said he would not
release them unless he had one more round. As soon as I
saw an opportunity, I took one of his wrappers, and forced
my way out of his room.”
“When I got outside, I met a woman who was one of
Fasasi’s neighbours. When she saw me, she understood
what had happened and confronted him.”
A resident, who identified herself simply as Abiola, to said
that one Singede bailed the suspect after he was arrested.
She said,
“A week after Fasasi was arrested, we saw him returning to
his shop. They said he was arraigned in court, but he had
been granted bail. Singede must have secured his bail as
usual.”
It was gathered that the suspect, still
hasn't returned Comfort’s clothes and underwear to her.
Comfort’s mother urged the police to ensure that the
suspect returned her daughter’s clothes.
She said:
“I am afraid of what he might do with my daughter’s
underwear. What does he want to do with her clothes? I
have been worried since the day this incident happened.”
Our correspondents gathered that the rape incident was also
reported to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence
Response Team.
The DSVRT Coordinator, Mrs. Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said that a
request had been sent for the transfer of the case file to the
Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
“As we speak, the DPP has requested the case file to be
forwarded to it. This is a case of alleged defilement, it will be
prosecuted by the DPP.”
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