The police in Lagos
State have arrested a man, identified only as Nathaniel, for allegedly drugging
and raping his 14-year-old housemaid in the Ikotun area of the state.
Punch learnt that Nathaniel,
who stayed on Ajisegiri Street, in the Egbe area, was arrested by the Ikotun
Police Division on Sunday.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly
lured his housemaid, Chinwe (pseudonym), with a cup of juice penultimate
Monday, which contained a sedative.
The two persons were
reportedly alone in the apartment on the day.
The victim, who is an orphan, was brought from
a village in the south eastern part of Nigeria to work in Nathaniel’s house.
It was said that when she woke up, she found
that she was naked.
She also reportedly found semen in her private
parts.
Punch gathered that
after the incident, Chinwe fled the house, dropping a letter for the suspect’s
wife to intimate her on the sexual abuse she (Chinwe) had allegedly suffered.
It was learnt that the teenager also confided
in a neighbour, who is a pastor in the area.
The pastor was said to have informed a child
rights’ organisation, which in turn reported at a police station.
In the letter obtained by Punch,
Chinwe wrote that she did not want to return to the house as she was fed up
with sexual abuses allegedly by Nathaniel.
The Lagos State Police
Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, confirmed Nathaniel’s arrest.
She said, “The state Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, has directed that the case be charged to court.”
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