A rape suspect, Tope Adeniyi, has been declared wanted by
Ekiti State Police Command for the alleged rape of his wife’s sales girl in
Ijero-Ekiti......
Rape The rape victim, aged 17 (names withheld), according to
report, had spent few years as an apprentice under the wife of the suspect, but
decided to stay and continue to assist her in the medicine shop operated by the
wife of the suspect in the community as a salesgirl. Public Relations Officer
of Ekiti State Police Command, Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed this development to
our correspondent in Ado-Ekiti. Tope, a father of six children, took to his
heels after learning that the Police are after him. The suspect was said to
have told his wife’s sales girl to serve him a sachet of water in his room at a
house located at Agbangudu in Ijero-Ekiti last week Monday. The victim, who
narrated her ordeal, said: “It was a Monday afternoon. I was in the shop when
he (Tope) called me to bring ‘Pure Water’ to his room. He has been alone
throughout the weekend. I never knew he had such plan in mind. “After giving
him the sachet water I was about moving out when he (Tope) suddenly grabbed me.
I tried to resist but he was more powerful than me. “He pushed me to the bed
and covered my mouth with a pillow. I tried to shout so that other tenants
around could come to my aid, but nobody heard my voice.” She said the victim
forcefully had his way and ended up defiling her. She observed blood stains all
over her panties. Few days after the incident, the wife of the suspect came
back from Lagos and was informed of the incident. She was initially arrested by
the Police in Ijero-Ekiti, but later released due to her current condition. An
elder brother to the victim, Mr. Ropo Ojo, said the victim was taken to the
state government hospital in Ijero-Ekiti. He called on the Police to ensure the
arrest of the suspect. At press time, the whereabouts of the said suspect was
still unknown.
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