LAGOS — Policemen attached to
Adeniji Adele division have arrested a 22-year-old man who alleged kidnapped
and raped a student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, for turning down
his advances.
The suspect, Babajide Bashorun, was
also alleged to have taken nude shots of his victim (names withheld) and pasted
them on the internet with her real name, school, department and age.
But the suspect in an interview with
Vanguard claimed that the lady was his girlfriend. He admitted to have
taken her nude pictures and gave them to his friends whose identities he gave
as Aje Mayowa and Babajide Ademuyiwa, both final year students of
Architecture also of UNILAG.
The incident, as gathered, occurred
two months ago at 1, Ajose Street, Enu-Owa area of Lagos Island.
But the female undergraduate was silent over the matter until her relations
abroad who stumbled on the nude pictures on the internet contacted her mother
in Nigeria, last week.
How it started
Narrating how the incident occurred,
the female undergraduate said: “Babajide came to our house to treat our
dog. In the process, he requested for my phone number and I reluctantly
gave him. He started calling me and told me he would like to go out with me.
“But I told him I already had a
boyfriend whom I loved. Yet, he kept calling me, saying he was not interested
in just going out with me but wanted to marry me. Aside that, he
kept monitoring my movements and at a point, I deleted his contact on my phone.
“I was returning home for a weekend
in April , a car stopped by my side at Idumota bus-stop. Jide was sitting
beside a driver who was unknown to me.
“On sighting him, I walked past. But
the next thing he did was to hold me by the hand, dragged me into the car and
drove to his house.
“When he got home, he started
beating me and tore my clothes, asking what I wanted that he could not
give me. He instructed me to unlock my phone and when he discovered that I used
my boyfriend’s name as password, he resumed the beating.
“At a point, he gave me his phone to
speak with some of his friends who told me I was in for trouble, for turning
down a member of their unnamed cult, threatening that they would kill me for
treating him shabbily.
“Thereafter, he raped me and when he
was done, his friend took his turn despite my plea. When he saw I was bleeding,
he stopped and started begging me. At that point, he brought out his
phone and started taking my nude pictures. I made attempt to cover my
face but he hit me on the head with a bottle and continued taking the shots.
How I escaped
“I begged him to allow me call my
mother to give him some money for my release but he refused. I also appealed to
him to delete my pictures when he started begging me.
“I stayed in that room all night
till the next day when he went out to get me some drugs. Immediately he stepped
out, I tried the door and discovered it was not locked from outside. I
quickly changed into one of my dirty clothes in my bag and escaped.
“But I could not tell anyone at
home. When my elder brother asked what the problem was on seeing the blood
stained clothes, I told him I was involved in an accident and when my
mother insisted on knowing what the problem was, I told her I fought with a
course mate. She insisted on going to school with me on seeing the magnitude of
the injury but I prevented her.
“Barely had I settled down than
Babjide called, threatening to kill me if I disclosed what happened to anyone.
As if that was not enough, his friends also called and threatened me as well.”
She is my girlfriend — Suspect
However, on his part, Babjide
claimed that the undergraduate was his girlfriend, adding that they only had a
fight on that fateful day.
Expressing shock over his arrest, he
said: “She is my girlfriend. We only fought in April and have resolved the
matter.
“What led to the fight was her
request for money to buy an IPad which cost over N100,000. Because of my love
for her, I managed to raise N70,000. She visited me on that day and I advised
her to change her way of living which included going to club .
I also accused her of flirting with
other men. Along the line, we started fighting and I used a mop stick to hit
her and in the process , took shots of her and sent the pictures to my friends.
But I did not tell them to paste the pictures on the internet.”
Police sources hinted that efforts
were on to arrest Mayowa and Ademuyiwa alleged to have pasted the victim’s
nude pictures on the internet, while Babajide had been charged to
court for kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, attempt to commit murder,
indecent assault, and assault occasioning harm.
Source: Vanguard
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