– A secondary school student has been defiled in Lagos
– The teenager knew the suspect, Mr. Lati Ajoje who is her mother’s customer
– The police are on the trail of the suspect
A tricycle rider, Mr. Lati Ajoje, is on the run after he allegedly defiled a 15-year-old virgin in Lagos.
The Punch reports that the 15-year-old secondary school student (name withheld) said Ajoje patronized her mother who runs a canteen in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state.
She said the incident happened on Friday, January 15, when she was going to her mother’s shop and met the tricycle operator who volunteered to take her there.
When we got to the bus stop, he turned and faced another route. I asked him if he wasn’t going to my mum’s shop again. He didn’t answer me. I told him to stop me at the bus stop but he refused.
“He then told me to be patient and said he only wanted to go and collect something at Water Estate. I insisted I wanted to drop off. He didn’t listen to me, he ignored me.
He got to where he was going and he stopped at an uncompleted building and told me to get down. I asked him why, he said he wanted to tell me something.
I told him I didn’t like the place he brought me and I was already feeling uncomfortable. He just carried me forcibly and entered the building.
I was struggling. I even had to bite him but he didn’t bulge. He carried me into a room in the uncompleted building.
“He removed my clothes. I told him I would rather he killed me than do anything to me. But he said he wasn’t going to kill me but he would still have sex with me. That was how he forced himself on me and raped me.
“After raping me, he used one rag to clean me up. After he finished, he gave me N200. But I told him I wasn’t going to take his money.
I was afraid to tell anybody because he had said he would kill me. But eventually, I had to tell my sister who told my mother. I have not seen him again since then. He no longer comes to my mother’s shop.”
Lawrence Bassey, the president of Touch a Heart Foundation that is handling the case said they felt obliged to take it up after the victim’s mother reported to them.
“The victim’s mother said her child was raped and presented a police report. We have taken her to the Mirabel Sexual Assault Referral Centre. After some tests, one of the doctors told the girl’s mother that she was actually raped and she has been given some treatment,” he said.
The case was reported t Gowon estate police division and the officer in charge claimed they are still looking for the suspect. Bassey however said the police were not doing their job well.
“The police have just refused to do their job and make the arrest. He is well known in the area.
“Few days ago, the IPO told us he can’t go around looking for a rapist. He said we should go and look for the suspect ourselves. We have started the investigation on our own since the police said we should handle it ourselves.
“The suspect has yet to be found. We met with the chairman of the Keke operators in the area where Ajoje operates and he promised to get back to us. They took us to his mother, who also said that Ajoje is on the run and nobody has seen him. We have informed the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person, Office of the Public Defender and the Public Advice Centre about this matter,” he said.
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