Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians rescued a teenager, who was raped, robbed and
abandoned by an unidentified man in Agege area of Lagos,
PM News reports
The OPC members saw the
secondary schoolgirl on Sunday, 9 March in a traumatized state at a
public toilet near NITEL Office, at Oko Oba, Agege.
And after giving her first aid treatment, the teenager was handed
over to the police at the Agege Elere Police Divisional Headquarters,
who referred her to Orile Agege General Hospital, Agege, for a
comprehensive medical treatment.
The teenager, who will be 15 by August, narrated that she came from Osun State and was on her
way to Badagry to stay with her aunty who had just given birth, but
decided to spend the night at Agege, when it became late (around
9pm.) and she couldn’t get a bus to her destination. Continue...
The
traumatised girl told the OPC members that when it became dark she
decided to sleep in front of a shopping complex, near Elere Police
Divisional Headquarters, till the next day.
The victim said that
shortly after she spread some cartons and was about to sleep, a man
pushed her from behind and she fell on the floor.
She narrated that the man used her belt to tie her neck and used a cloth to cover her face and started raping her.
The victim said she screamed and shouted for help but there was no one to rescue her and the man raped her four times.
She
alleged that thereafter, a night guard, whom she described as huge and
tall, and wore eyeglasses, came with a torch light and left with the
rapist to an unknown destination.
She alleged that the night guard left her with blood all over her body without making any attempt to help her.
She
alleged that the guard only came the next day to chase her across the
road to the public toilet where she was later found by the OPC members
and sympathisers.
“It was at this spot that the OPC members and
other sympathisers saw me. They started pouring water on my head because
I had no strength. The man after raping me stole my handset and left
with the guard. Before they left, they asked me how much I needed but I
said I didn’t need their money,” the teenager said. The girl appealed to
the Federal Government and the Lagos State government to come to her
aid and ensure the culprits do not go unpunished.
The DPO, CSP Eze
Philip, of Elere Police Divisional Headquarters, has begun
investigation on the matter, after instructing that the victim should
be taken to the nearby hospital for quick medical attention to save her
life. The girl is still receiving treatment, while her father has been contacted in Osun State.
Source: PM News
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