A 22-year old girl who lives with her Uncle and younger
brother in Lekki has been detained for killing a man believed to be in his 40’s
for trying to rape her in her uncle’s home. The girl, who was on her menstrual
period, went out to buy sanitary pads before the man accosted her,
pretended he had a weapon and threatened to kill her if she does not obey what
he tells her. So sacred she was that she listened to him, and he ordered her to
take him to her home. On getting there, he asked her to remove her clothes
and as he was about removing his she begged that she had something on fire. The
man allowed her go into the kitchen and she came back with a rod she hid under
her cloth. As he was about wearing a condom, she hit the rod on his head and he
died instantly.
She quickly made a call to her uncle who informed the police
immediately. The police confirmed the incident and said they actually found a
pack of condom on him, but didn’t let the girl go. Read the full story from
Punch after the cut.
An unidentified suspected rapist has been killed in the
Lekki area of Lagos State while attempting to rape a 22-year-old woman, Ifeoma
Okechukwu.
It was learnt that the incident happened on Monday, around
12.30pm, in Atlantic View Estate, Alpha Beach Road, Lekki.
Punch Metro learnt that Okechukwu was on her menstrual
period and had gone out to buy sanitary pads.
The Imo State indigene was said to be on her way back home
when she was accosted by the stranger.
She said, “After buying the sanitary pads, I was going
back home when I saw a man, who should be in his forties, standing at a corner.
He approached me and ordered me to take him to my house.
“He put his hand into his pocket as if he wanted to bring
out a weapon. He said he would kill me if I shouted.
“When we got to the house, he said I should shut the door
and I did. He said I should remove my clothes; and I started begging him, but
he refused to listen.
“So I told him to let me get to the kitchen because I was
cooking something and I would be back. I got a rod and hid it in my wrapper. I
went back and moved slowly towards him, still begging, but he refused.
“He was taking off his clothes and wearing a condom when I
used the rod to hit him in the head. I started screaming. And then I picked the
phone and called my uncle.”
The victim’s uncle, who pleaded anonymity, told Punch Metro
that he went to report the matter at the Ilasan Police Station after learning
what had happened.
He said, “I was not at home when the incident happened and
her younger brother had also gone out. So, she was alone in the house and it
was possible he had been monitoring her movement.
“When she called me and said what had happened, I left the
office and went to the police station in Jakande Estate where I reported the
matter.”
A police source told our correspondent that investigators
found a pack of condoms on the deceased, including a phone without a SIM card.
The source added that since the incident happened, no one
had shown up to claim the man’s corpse.
He said, “He was about wearing the condom when the girl hit
him on the head and he died. His mission was to rape her and steal from the
house. He probably took advantage of her frail stature.
“We have got information that he was not alone. He belonged
to a gang that has been terrorising Lekki residents for some time now. And
that’s why since this incident, nobody knows his name and address, and none of
his relatives has come forward to say they know him.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command,
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, promised to call our correspondent back, but he had yet to
do so as of the time of filing this report.
Okechukwu was however said to have been arrested and
detained in police custody.
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