A 23-year-old woman, Busari Rukayat has narrated how she was
raped by a suspected land grabber in Ajegunle/Malato, Itaoluwo, Ikorodu area of
Lagos State. The seamstress, who is critically ill and receiving treatment in a
private hospital, said the rape occurred about a fortnight ago, at about 2pm,
on her way from a Sunday service.
Rukayat said on the suspect, Ade Ikudaisi, popularly called
‘Omo Iya Pupa’, was seated in front of his house as she passed by and that when
she greeted him, he stretched his hand for a handshake after which he requested
to send her on an errand.
The victim said she paused to listen to Ikudayisi only for
the suspect to drag her into his room and charmed her.
Rukuyat stated that the suspect ordered her to undress after
which he allegedly placed a traditional sash on her shoulder and a silver bead
round her neck.
She claimed to have been forced to step on some cowries and
Ikudayisi allegedly murmured incantations on two kolanuts which he inserted
into her female organ. As this was going on, her shouts for help yielded no
result as nobody came to her rescue while her assailant also covered her mouth
with a cloth.
The victim, who claimed to be a virgin at the time of the
alleged rape, said she pleaded for mercy but quoted the suspect as insisting
that what he required was a virgin.
She said, “I struggled with him till about 5pm but he
overpowered me and raped me after which he threatened that I will bleed to
death if I dared to expose him. I kept this to myself for days until I was
struck with a strange ailment which compelled me to open up to my parents”.
On hearing her story, the parents reported the incident at
the Sagamu Road Police Station where officers were assigned to the alleged
scene of crime for investigation.
But on getting to the scene, the policemen requested that the
suspect should follow them to their station but he excused himself to dress up
and ready his car to drive everybody to the station only for him to escape
through a back door.
It was learnt that all efforts to trace him proved abortive.
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