My father’s neighbour repeatedly defiled me, teenage girl tells court

The victims father testified that the defendant used to lure his daughter with N10 or N20 to allegedly have sex with her.

News Agency of Nigeria • May 31, 2022

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A 14-year-old girl (name withheld) on Tuesday told the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her father’s neighbour, Rafiu Sanusi, allegedly defiled her five times in his room.

The girl was 12-year-old when Mr Sanusi allegedly had sex with her for the first time.

The defendant, whom she recognised in the dock as “Baba Aliyah” and “Baba Maruwa”, is being charged with defilement.

Led in evidence by the Lagos State Director of the Public Prosecutions, Babatunde Martin, the teenager told the court that the defendant had sex with her every time she went to pay her father a visit in the Amukoko suburb of Lagos.

“He used to call me inside his room and would ask me to remove my clothe and have sex with me.

“He had sex with me five times, but I did not report to anyone because the defendant threatened that I would die if I tell.

“It was Brother Ibrahim, who caught him having sex with me through the window, that informed my father. My father told my grandmother, and she reported the case to the police.

“I was taken to the police station, which I cannot remember the name of and from there, they directed us to a hospital where they checked my private part and informed my grandmother about the report,” she said.

In a cross-examination by the defence counsel, Idowu Adekoya, the girl said she was a JSS 3 student and her father was a butcher who went to work as early as 9:00 a.m. and returned at 10:00 p.m.

She said her school aunt advised her to inform the father when the defendant allegedly defiled her the fifth time.

Her father (name withheld) testified and said that the defendant used to lure her with N10 or N20 to allegedly have sex with her.

He said his daughter started living with her maternal grandmother after the death of her mother in 2017.

A forensic expert with Mirabel Medical Centre in Ikeja, Oyedeji Alagbe, also testified that the result of the examination carried out on the girl showed a forceful blunt penetration into her vagina.

Justice Ramon Oshodi adjourned the case until June 27 for continuation of trial.

(NAN)

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