On April 16, a 16-year-old boy,  Azeez Ganiyu, abducted and raped a 2-year-old toddler at Ijora Badia, Lagos State. The incident happened on April 16 at about 10am after the victim’s mother left her in a room with a neighbour to buy food at a nearby shop.


Ganiyu abducted the girl when she walked outside to play with other children, took her to an uncompleted building, said to be a few kilometers away from the victim parents’ house, and raped her.

After a long search with neighbours, the mother suddenly heard a baby screaming and traced the voice to the uncompleted building, where she allegedly met Ganiyu committing the crime. She was said to have been taken to a hospital where it was medically confirmed that she had been raped.


The suspect was arrested by the police at the Ijora Badia Police Division, and was before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court on one count of rape. The case was adjourned till May 5, 2015.