“I was at a friend’s gathering when she came to
me saying she had spiritual problem and wanted to know her real family. I told
her that she should follow me to Solution Church which was nearby and she
agreed. On our way to the place, I took her to a corner of the street and took
off her clothes. I also took off my shorts and I had not fully penetrated when a
resident caught us and raised the alarm. I tried to flee but they apprehended
me. I explained to them that it was not rape but they did not listen to
me.”
Chibueze and the victim were taken back to her
guardian's house, and in a rage, the guardian, Edwin Alagbaso picked a knife and
stabbed Uche in the palm.
“The man (Alagbaso) went for a kitchen knife
and wanted to kill me, but I grabbed it from him. He, however, stabbed me in the
palm,” Chibueze said.
Unable to do anything with the child molester,
Alagbaso picked a razor blade and inflicted injuries on the scalp of the
12-year-old.
Not done, he allegedly used an iron rod to beat
the victim and later used a knife to cut her in the legs.
As the victim was reportedly bleeding from the
head and other parts of the body, the residents, who had been pleading,
intervened and took her to the hospital. The residents also invited policemen
from Ajuwon Division.
Alagbaso told Punch that he beat the victim to prevent her from being raped in future.
He said, “When I got home from work, I looked
for her everywhere but did not find her. She left my three little children at
home alone in the dark and went out with Chibueze. It was while she was out with
him that he raped her.
“I punished her by shaving off her hair so that
she would not look attractive again and men would not want to rape her in
future. I also beat her so that she would not go out without permission because
if she dies, people will blame me since I was the one that brought her to
Lagos.
“I did not mean to beat her up to that extent,
but I was angry. It was the devil that pushed me to beat her so much. However,
the police do not have the right to detain me since I am the guardian and I have
the right to correct her.”
Alagbaso’s wife is the victim's aunt.
When contacted for comment, the spokesman for the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
When contacted for comment, the spokesman for the state police command, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
He said, “The rapist and the guardian are both
in custody. The guardian has a case to answer for inflicting injuries on the
victim with razor blade. They will be brought to book.”
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