only as Fasasi, allegedly seized the underwear and clothes of a 16-year-old
girl after raping her in the Agege area of Lagos.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the teenager, Comfort (pseudonym), who was a Secondary
School Class 1 pupil, was allegedly raped by Fasasi when she ran an errand for
her mother.
Fasasi, who had been arrested by the police, reportedly called the girl and
asked her to also buy food
for him while she ran the errand for her mother.
Fasasi was said to have led the teenager to his room, when she requested his
plate, and allegedly asked her to remove her clothes and underwear.
It was gathered that the tailor allegedly packed the underwear and the clothes
away and raped Comfort.
When Fasasi reportedly refused to return her underwear and clothes after the rape,
the girl was said to have fled the room. It was learnt that one of the
suspect’s neighbours noticed the girl and came to her rescue.
The matter was said to have been reported at the Isokoko Police Division, and
Fasasi was arrested.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, Comfort said Fasasi threatened to stab her to death
with a knife if she raised the alarm.
She added that when the suspect refused to return her clothes after the rape,
she fled the room with one of his wrappers.
She said:
I live on Shaiba Street in the Agege area. I had never gone to the tailor’s
house before. I did not know he was a rapist.
room to get the plates that I would use to buy food for him. Once I entered the
room, he immediately locked the door behind him. He then brought out a knife
and threatened to kill me if I did not undress.
would kill me, so I obeyed. But after removing my clothes and underwear, he
collected them from me, and went out with them. I asked him where he was taking
them to; he said he was taking them to his shop.
inside the room, but no one seemed to hear me. When he was done, I asked for my
clothes, but he said he would not release them unless he had one more round. As
soon as I saw an opportunity, I took one of his wrappers, and forced my way out
of his room.”
ran out of the room that one of Fasasi’s neighbours noticed and came to her
rescue.
neighbours. When she saw me, she understood what had happened and confronted
him.”
simply as Abiola, said one Singede usually bailed the suspect whenever he was
arrested by the police. She said:
his shop. They said he was arraigned in court, but he had been granted bail.
Singede must have secured his bail as usual.”
however, had yet to return Comfort’s clothes and underwear to her. A source in
Fasasi’s house even said that the suspect might have thrown the clothes away.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro, Comfort’s mother urged the police to ensure that the
suspect returned her daughter’s clothes. She said:
underwear. What does he want to do with her clothes? I have been worried since
the day this incident happened.”
to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team.
The DSVRT Coordinator, Mrs. Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, told PUNCH Metro that a
request had been sent for the transfer of the case file to the Directorate of
Public Prosecutions.
She said:
matter to our attention. What we then did was to refer the victim to Mirabel
Centre for proper treatment. We also made a report to the police to ensure that
the suspect was arrested and charged to court.
“As we speak, the DPP has requested the case file to be forwarded to it. This
is a case of alleged defilement, it will be prosecuted by the DPP.”
Officer, DSP Patricia Amadin, was yet to reply to a text message sent to her
phone.