The cop and his wife were said to have promised to teach the teenager how to make money with an application on her phone.
A police inspector
attached to the Agbado Police Station, Lagos State Police Command, Adelakun
Amubieya, has been arrested for allegedly raping an undergraduate, Joy (not
real name), in the Ipaja area of the state.
According to PUNCH,
the suspect and the victim lived in the same compound at Abesan Estate.
The cop and his wife
were said to have promised to teach the teenager how to make money with an application
on her phone.
The 18-year-old, who
went to the couple’s apartment on November 15, reportedly met Amubieya alone.
The policeman
allegedly forced her into the bedroom and raped her.
Narrating her ordeal,
Joy said, “Sometime in October, I came downstairs to receive a call due to bad
network and I overheard the policeman and his wife talking about something, but
I didn’t pay attention.
“When I was done with
the call, his wife said their discussion was about a betting site and all I
needed to do was to drop my details and I would be receiving N2,000 every three
days. They said I must be 18 to play. I told them that I would return on
Friday, November 13, when I would have clocked 18."
The victim said after
she returned from church on the Sunday of that week, she went to the cop’s
apartment.
“I sat on the edge of
the chair next to the door, while he sat on the chair near his room. He said he
just woke up from sleep and I should come back later.
“I was about leaving
when he called me back and asked what the time was. I told him it was 1.42pm;
he said his wife would be back by 3pm. That was when I knew his family was not
around. I stood up to leave and he told me to hug him, but I declined; he
hugged me forcefully and dragged me into the room. He told me to lie on the
bed, but I refused. He pushed me to the bed and started kissing and fingering
me.
“I struggled to get
him off, but he held my legs and had sex with me. I begged him to stop, but he
didn’t answer me. I could not shout because I was scared of what he could do to
me. He is a policeman and may have a gun in the house. Besides, people were
making a noise outside, so no one would hear me.
“I told him to get a
condom so he could get off me and I could look for what to do, but he didn’t
answer me,” she added.
The victims’ father,
who demanded justice, said when he got to know about the rape, he challenged
the suspect, but he denied it.
“He said that my
daughter was lying against him. I took my daughter to a hospital and some tests
were carried out. I also reported at the Ipaja Police Station. Policemen were
sent to his apartment, but he was not around. His office was called as well, and
when they could not produce him, I reported to a rights group and we went to
Mirabel Centre where tests were conducted."
The newspaper obtained
a voice note of the suspect reportedly sent to the victim’s father, begging for
forgiveness.
Speaking in Yoruba, he
said, “Please, I beg you in the name of God, treat me like a prodigal son that
has offended his father. I don’t have anything to say before God and man
because I know how you treat me and my family; you’re like a daddy to me.
“I’m begging you in
the name of God and the creator of my children, mum and late father. I’m like
the breadwinner of my family; if you continue to pursue this case, you want to
make my parents cry, and you don’t want me to achieve my aim in life because
this is becoming more than what I bargained for.
“If I cannot continue
again, it will be okay to take my life, but who will take care of my children?
There’s nobody. Please daddy, I beg you in the name of God, with the blood of
Jesus, have mercy on me, tell me the way forward. I could not eat or drink
since it happened. I have tried my best to talk to God; even if I bring a lot
of people to beg you, it cannot equate my sin before you.”
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