The police in Lagos State have commenced investigation
into how a nine-year-old girl died, after sustaining injuries
caused by alleged consistent rape.
According to police authorities, the deceased was raped
over five times, by a 14-year-old student, Onyi Adimabua,
in the Ikorodu area of the state.
The father of the deceased, Simeon Jigo, told PUNCH
Metro that Onyi is the son of the proprietor of the school
his daughter attended.
He said his daughter opened up about the rape when she
started having medical problems.
The 77-year-old man said his daughter died on October
3, 2013.
He said, “Up until my daughter’s death, she was a pupil
of Fulfilled Greenland School, Ikorodu, and she was in
primary three. One day, she came home and started
complaining of pains around her vagina, stomach area.
We rushed her to Ikorodu General Hospital.
“A doctor checked her and after conducting some tests
on her, told us that my daughter had sustained medical
complications due to forced sexual intercourse. I was
alarmed by this; so, I had a private discussion with my
daughter.
“She told me that it was her school proprietor’s son,
Onyi, that had been raping her. The boy had threatened to
kill her if she ever told anyone about it.”
The indigene of Ondo State told PUNCH Metro that after
initial treatments, he took his daughter to Arogbo in Ondo
State to be taken care of but her condition continued to
deteriorate.
A few days after the troubled father travelled to Ondo
State, Onyi, accompanied by his parents, also travelled to
Ondo State, to apologise to Jigo’s family. The girl,
however, was said to have died that very day.
“On getting to the house where my daughter was, we
discovered that she was dead. Onyi confessed that he
had been raping my daughter prior to her death,’ Jigo
said.
PUNCH Metro learnt that after the girl’s demise, irate
youths in the area attempted to lynch the 14-year-old
boy.
The bereaved father was said to have intervened and
reported the matter to a nearby police station, where the
teenager was held for safe keeping. The next morning,
Onyi and his parents travelled back to Lagos.
The alleged rapist’s parents, in company with a chief in
Ikorodu, reportedly visited Jigo when he returned to
Lagos. The group were said to have pleaded that the
bereaved father should not pursue the case but he
refused.
Jigo said, “I went to the Ikorodu Police station to report
the case but was surprised when the policemen on duty
said I should not write any statement. They only told me
to write down my telephone number and said they would
call me later.
“After waiting for many days without any call, I wrote a
petition and the matter was transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba.”
It was however learnt that Onyi had been taken to his
father’s hometown in Delta State thereby stalling police
investigation.
The teenager’s parents, however described the incident
as the handiwork of the devil.
The 14-year-old boy’s father, Andrew Adimabua, said, “I
trained that boy in the way of the Lord and expected so
much from him. He has confessed to the act; there is
nothing to hide. He told me that he learnt about sex by
watching blue (pornographic) films.
“We are not hiding him and we will cooperate with the
police. On the day the little girl died, he was beaten up
and made to stay in the rain for hours. As a result, he
contracted pneumonia so we sent him home for
treatment. When he recovers, he’ll be taken to the police
for questioning.”
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on the
telephone, expressed shock at the development.
Braide said Onyi would be re-arrested in the course of
investigation.
“It is appalling that a teenager could indulge in such act.
The matter is under investigation and the culprit will be
re-arrested.”
Punchng .com
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