Fidella Street
Punch reports:
The police in Lagos are
on the trail of a security man, identified only as John, who allegedly raped
two sisters for several weeks in the Anthony area of Lagos.
Punch metro learnt that 61-year-old John reportedly gave the sisters,
Comfort and Precious (not real names), the sum of N200 to appease them each
time he raped the girls.
He was also said to
have warned the 11-year-old and 10-year-old victims that he would kill them if
they revealed the secrets to their mother.
It was gathered that
the rape, which reportedly went on for several weeks, was later discovered on
August 30, when the girls started to complain about back pain and headache.
Our correspondent
learnt that the girls then opened up to their mother, who reported the matter
at the Anthony Police Division.
When our correspondent
visited Fidella Street, Aladura Estate, where the incident happened, it was
learnt that John had not returned to his rented apartment since the day the
incident was reported to the police.
Speaking with Punch metro, the mother of
the girls, Rosemary Peter, who hails from Kafanchan, Kaduna State, and works as
a food seller, said John usually asked the girls to bring food to his workplace
in a take-away pack during which he took advantage of the girls.
She added that she was
not aware of the incident, until when her daughters began to complain about
back pain and headache. She noted that she also observed that her daughters’
private parts were slack.
She said, “I work as a
food seller. John was one of my customers. He would say I should send a
take-away pack to him at his workplace by afternoon. So, when the girls
returned from school, I would send the two of them to take the food to him. I
did not suspect that he was raping them.
“When they took the
food to him, he would take them to a place and rape both of them. After
satisfying himself, he would give them N200, and warn them not to say anything
at home. He would threaten that he would harm them if they spoke up.
“Eventually, the two of
them started to complain about headache and back pain. I was worried. On one
occasion, I happened to be where the 11-year-old was taking her bath, and I
observed that her private parts were slack as an adult’s. I was shocked, and I
urged her to tell me what went wrong.
“That was when she
opened up that it was John who had been sleeping with her and her sister. I
rushed to the police station to make a report, but news had got to John that
the girls had let out the matter, and he fled the area on the same day.
“But the police have
assured us that he would be arrested. They told us to alert them anytime we set
our eyes on him.”
A resident in the area,
who gave his name as Fatai Gafar, said the police should intensify efforts in
arresting the suspect, adding that the girls had yet to receive any medical
attention.
He said, “The whole
estate is aware of the incident. It is very unfortunate. The security man does
not live here with his family. He was the only person staying in the place he
rented, and he has fled.”
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, said he would get back to our
correspondent on the incident. He, however, had not
got back as of press time.
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