Residents of Akilo Street in Bariga area of Lagos State, were
shocked when a 35-year-old commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada,
Andrew Ekanem, was arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 14-year-old
girl who has been undergoing treatment for the past six months due to
tuberculosis.
The Akwa Ibom State born man was said to have cornered
the girl in the early hours of the morning when she went to ease herself and
forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
Her mother claimed the suspect penetrated her daughter
through the anus and vagina.
It was around 2am when my daughter woke up and said she
wanted to go and ease herself. I was having my quiet time and didn’t know when
I slept off. I woke up about 15 minutes later and didn’t see her in the room. I
woke her father up and he said he didn’t know her whereabouts.
We both became anxious and went outside to search for
her. Another neighbour also The mother further stated that she was shouting her
daughter’s name in the backyard, but did not get any response.
However, about 10 minutes later, her husband saw their
daughter coming out of Ekanem’s room. Her mother said she pulled her away from
the growing crowd of neighbours and pressed her to talk.
My daughter became afraid. She then told me that while
she was on her way to ease herself, Ekanem grabbed her and took her inside his
room to sleep with her. She said while I was shouting her name, he covered her
mouth.
People seized him and wanted to beat him up. But I had to
quickly report the matter to the police very early in the morning so people
would not take the law into their hands.
A police report has it that investigation revealed the
suspect was fond of the act and usually induced his victims with money.
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