Wednesday, June 10, 2015

The confession of a child rapist


The 11 - year - old  girl who was repeatedly raped by an Okada man in the Kirikiri area of Lagos State, Nigeria, while giving her statement to the police, said Ekusaba lured her N1,000  which he never gave to her, before having his way on her the first time.

Her words;, “Brother Obinna (Ekusaba) used to buy cigarette, water and alcoholic drinks from my mother’s shop.“Last year, I was in my mother’s shop when brother Obinna called me to bring a bottle for him inside the building.


“On getting there, he put his hand inside his pocket and brought out N500; he asked me to enter.

But I told him my daddy used to give me N500. He then brought out N1,000. As I entered the building, he removed my pants and raoed me.

“And when  I demanded the money and he brought it out. As I was about to collect it, he put it back inside his pocket.

 That was how brother Obinna started sleeping with me.”The victim’s mother alleged that she noticed changes in her child's  privates while she was having her bath.She averred, “I became worried because it was not like that before.

I questioned her for hours before she confessed that it was a man called Obinna (Ekusaba) that had been raping her.

“She also said he would bring out his private parts and ask her to put it in her mouth. I could not bear it and had to report it to the police.

”The 11-year-old was said to have been taken to a general hospital where several tests confirmed that there was penetration.

Ekusaba, who is married with four children upon his arrest by the police confessed sleeping with the 11-year-old both day and night.

He affirmed, “I came to Lagos 10 years ago and I started riding motorcycle.“I know the complainant as the mother of the victim. She is like a sister to me. I have been making love with her daughter for long.“When we started, I told her I would buy something for her, but I didn’t buy her anything.

I slept with her five times.“Each time I wanted to sleep with her, I would carry her on my lap. It was on the fifth time that I could penetrate.“I slept with her at a car park. I did it during the day and night inside the park.

 I know I have committed an offence”.While confirming the incidence, the Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, noted that the matter was under investigation