The
police in Lagos are on the trail of a security man, identified only as John,
who allegedly raped two sisters for several weeks in the Anthony area of Lagos.
PUNCH
Metro learnt that 61-year-old John
reportedly gave the sisters, Comfort and Precious (not real names), the sum of
N200 to appease them each time he raped the girls.
He
was also said to have warned the 11-year-old and 10-year-old victims that he
would kill them if they revealed the secrets to their mother.
It
was gathered that the rape, which reportedly went on for several weeks, was
later discovered on August 30, when the girls started to complain about back
pain and headache.
Our
correspondent learnt that the girls then opened up to their mother, who
reported the matter at the Anthony Police Division.
When
our correspondent visited Fidella Street, Aladura Estate, where the incident
happened, it was learnt that John had not returned to his rented apartment
since the day the incident was reported to the police.
Speaking
with PUNCH Metro, the mother of the girls, Rosemary Peter, who hails
from Kafanchan, Kaduna State, and works as a food seller, said John usually
asked the girls to bring food to his workplace in a take-away pack during which
he took advantage of the girls.
She
added that she was not aware of the incident, until when her daughters began to
complain about back pain and headache. She noted that she also observed that
her daughters’ private parts were slack.
She
said, “I work as a food seller. John was one of my customers. He would say I
should send a take-away pack to him at his workplace by afternoon. So, when the
girls returned from school, I would send the two of them to take the food to
him. I did not suspect that he was raping them.
“When
they took the food to him, he would take them to a place and rape both of them.
After satisfying himself, he would give them N200, and warn them not to say
anything at home. He would threaten that he would harm them if they spoke up.
“Eventually,
the two of them started to complain about headache and back pain. I was
worried. On one occasion, I happened to be where the 11-year-old was taking her
bath, and I observed that her private parts were slack as an adult’s. I was
shocked, and I urged her to tell me what went wrong.
“That
was when she opened up that it was John who had been sleeping with her and her
sister. I rushed to the police station to make a report, but news had got to
John that the girls had let out the matter, and he fled the area on the same
day.
“But
the police have assured us that he would be arrested. They told us to alert
them anytime we set our eyes on him.”
A
resident in the area, who gave his name as Fatai Gafar, said the police should
intensify efforts in arresting the suspect, adding that the girls had yet to
receive any medical attention.
He
said, “The whole estate is aware of the incident. It is very unfortunate. The
security man does not live here with his family. He was the only person staying
in the place he rented, and he has fled.”
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Joe Offor, said he would get
back to our correspondent on the incident.
He,
however, had not got back as of press time.
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