Ndidi Uche and
Bolanle are not only neighbours, they are also friends. But when Bolanle saw
what her socalled friend was doing to her 11-year-old son last week, she could
do nothing but scream, scream and scream. What could the mother of two have
been doing with her friend’s son?
Law enforcement agents in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State are
currently on the trail of a woman who allegedly defiled the son of her
neighbour and friend, while keeping watch over him.
The woman, identified as Ndidi Uche, lives with her family at Pakoto area
of the state. Uche, a mother of two, is a close friend and confidant of the
boy’s mother identified as Bolanle. Bolanle has three children and her last
born, Babatunde, 11, is a JSS2 pupil of one of the government schools in the
locality.
Uche, 32, and her family reportedly moved into the area early last year
and in no time, the two women became friends and even close confidants. Bolanle
is a cement saleswoman at Ijako area in Sango, while Uche is a full time
housewife and petty trader.
She uses the front of her house as kiosk. Bolanle’s other two kids
(female) are reported to be in boarding schools in Oyo State while Babatunde is
the only one with his parents.
On her part, Uche and her young twins are sole occupants of the mini flat
complex they just erected in the community. In the last six months, Ndidi’s
husband had reportedly been away in Abuja, on a business trip, while his wife
looks after their 11-month-old set of twins at home.
By arrangement between the two women, once Babatunde returned from
school, he always stayed with Uche until his mum comes back from work which
sometimes could be as late as around 6p.m.
However, unknown to people, the Mbano, Imo State-born Uche had been
sexually assaulting the young boy for some time. But, the bubble burst on
Friday, 11 March, 2013, when Bolanle allegedly caught her friend sexually
assaulting her son.
It was reported that on that fateful day, the invasion of a task force
team of the local government officials on stalls around Bolanle’s place of work
forced her and many of her colleagues to close shop quite early.
It was reported that as early as 3:00pm, she was at her house. It was
around the time that Babatunde always come back from school. She had thought
that her son was yet to return from school and so reportedly waited for him to
come home. She did not consider visiting her neighbour/friend, Ndidi, to
inquire whether Babatunde had returned from school or not.
But around 5:00pm, her anxiety grew worse and she headed for Uche’s house
to inform her of Babatunde’s non-return from school. UInfortunately for Uche,
the gate to her house was left wide open while her shop was also left open.
Thinking her friend was busy inside, Bolanle headed for the sitting room of the
Uches.
What she saw not only jolted her, but sent her screaming at the top of
her voice. It was reported at the time Bolanle entered the sitting room, she
met Uche half naked, robbing Babatunde’s manhood on her naked breasts and
fondling his whole body.
Bolanle reportedly screamed and dashed towards her friend wishing to tear
her into shreds. Uche, at first, reportedly feigned innocence, claiming that
the boy was sick and was trying to give him first aid treatment pending when his
mother would return from work. But all her explanations did not make any
meaning to Bolanle who witnessed her friend’s sexually harassing her
11-year-old son right in her presence.
The boy’s mother was beside herself with rage; she was crying for help at
the top of her voice, reportedly battering her friend with sticks and biting
her all over her body at the same time. It took the intervention of some men
working outside Uche’s house to free her friend from her grip.
Speaking with reporters on phone, Bolanle claimed that her son had
declined going to wait for her at Uche’s house, but she would not listen to the
boy.
“It was a huge shock to me when what I saw her what she (Uche) was doing
to my only son. What I noticed was that sometime last week; Tunde told me that
he would not be staying in her house waiting for me.
When I asked him what the matter was, he could not say anything
convincing, but I thought the boy just wanted to be playing about at home. But
he insisted that he does not like the woman’s attitude but I did not understand
him then,” Bolanle said. Efforts to speak with Babatunde, the reportedly
assaulted boy, were unsuccessful as the mother claimed he had been rushed to
the hospital for medical attention.
A neighbour of Uche, who identified himself as Bodunde, told reporters
that the woman was recently accused by another neighbour of a similar thing
which almost led to confrontation between the other woman’s husband and Ndidi,
but for prompt intervention by neighbours. “What Mama Tunde just said she saw
this woman doing with her son could not be easily wished away because about a
month ago, a similar accusation was levied against this same woman.
It was, however, quickly buried by some elders in the communmity. The boy
(Tunde)’s mother and the woman are close friends as we all know them to be and
there was no basis for her to tell such a lie against her friend who always
take care of the boy.” Bodunde said.
It was reported that immediately after neighbours separated the two
women, Uches locked her shop and house, and fled the community with her twins.
She had not been seen in the area since the incident. The matter was reported
at the police station, who had telephoned Uche’s husband to come to Lagos
without delay. But he is yet to show up.
Culled from National Mirror
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