Wonders, they say
will never end. This could best describe the purported spiritual cleansing
exercise by an Islamic cleric, Alfa Isiaka, on Nafisat Gafari, an 18-year-old
girl in Ibadan
Alfa
Isiaka had visited the victim’s hairdressing salon shop at Orita-Aperin, Ibadan.
On sighting her, Alfa professed that he saw calamities before her and told her
that only spiritual deliverance could save her from the impending danger.
Gullibly,
Nafisat agreed to follow the Islamic cleric to his house at Oja’ba, where
unknown to her, Alfa Isiaka was alleged to have had a carnal knowledge of her
while she slept off.
Nafisat
woke up to the reality that someone had slept with her, while according to her,
she was unconscious of happenings around her.
Recounting
her ordeal at the police station, Nafisat, according to sources, said that the
only thing she could remember was that she was given a drink and after
consumption, she couldn’t recollect anything until after she woke up to
discover that Alfa had allegedly had sex with her.
The
victim had since reported at the Mapo police station, Ibadan and is currently
under investigation, while the suspect is currently at large. Police sources
however, informed Crime & Security that efforts were at advance stage to
apprehend the suspect.
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Oyo State Police
Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bisi Ilobanafor, confirmed the
story and even expressed worry at the increase in cases of rape these days.
“There
is obviously an increase in rape cases these days, apparent of which is the
increase in awareness, because victims nowadays come out to report unlike
before when we only heard about rape cases, but the victims would be afraid to
come out and speak. I don’t think rape victims should be ashamed of speaking
out.
Anytime
there is a rape or defilement case, the case is always transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Iyaganku, Ibadan because of the
importance attached to it.
In a
related development, one Yetunde (Surname witheld), of Ilupeju area, Ibadan,
Oyo State, was also raped last week. Olapade, Crime & Security learnt left
home in company of her brothers and sisters to watch a masquerade show. While
returning, Olapade said some criminals accosted her and dragged her to one
corner where three of them raped her and ran away.
All
efforts made by the patrol team to arrest the hoodlums proved abortive.
Source: Tribune
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